In 2009, around 5,5 million people were considered as "urban refugees".
Although little is known about their demographic data, urban refugees are believed to be among the most vulnerable groups in low income countries.
But this vast, sparsely populated region in recent years has attracted urban refugees who live or vacation here.
For many stressed-out urban refugees, finding a house in such dire condition would have been a deal breaker.
Wildfires have essentially caught up with a major demographic shift, urban refugees living in fire-prone pockets of wilderness.
Their land was taken over, and now they live as urban refugees of sorts.
This labour supply was exploited to the full by farmers, though far from all the urban refugees could find agricultural employment.
But they served to raise tensions between the rural-born population and the influx of urban refugees.
Today artists, naturalists, urban refugees and native Dunsmuirians make up a thriving community.
A type, for sure - call it an urban refugee - but also possessed by secrets that keep her distant and grim.