When Cinder the bear was found beneath a horse trailer in Washington state, paws injured by third-degree burns, pulling herself along on her elbows, no one had any idea that the cub would become a limping symbol of a region’s recovery.

The July 2014 fire that injured Cinder also destroyed 300 homes and burned 400 square miles — a charred section of north-central Washington almost as big as the city of Los Angeles.

No one could find Cinder’s mother or siblings. All rescuers knew was that the 37-pound brown bear cub wouldn’t survive in the wild for much longer.

She recovered at several rehabilitation centers, doubling her weight within months and becoming an international celebrity for what she symbolized, the Associated Press reported. If a tiny burned bear could beat the odds, so could this section of Washington devastated…