A Pacific Palisades resident, Randy Stoklos, shares his harrowing experience battling wildfires that threatened his home and neighbors' properties.
Randy Stoklos has lived in the Castellammare neighborhood in Pacific Palisades for 65 years. He described staying behind and saving his home from burning to the ground - plus putting out fires at his neighbors' homes. 'I've gone through the Woolsey Fire, I've gone through all of them. And I know that actually the guy that stays is the guy who saves his home. I know that a lot of people don't want to hear that, but I'm capable,' Stoklos said.
He described dousing a fire at his home, only to discover it reignited at 4:30 a.m. Wednesday. 'I stopped a couple of fires. I stopped one, and then it reignited at about 4:30 this morning, and thank God I woke up at the perfect time and I got it and I stopped it from burning my house,' he said, holding back tears. 'It's pretty incredible what Mother Nature can do. I hope to never see this again.' After telling us his story, Stoklos said he was planning on putting more gas in his car so he can patrol his neighborhood again to help his community in any way he can
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