Local Red Cross volunteers from Illinois are now in California, supporting relief efforts there.
Highland Park, Illinois native and Smashing Pumpkins singer Billy Corgan was forced to evacuate to escape the LA fires, he said on social media.Local American Red Cross volunteers from Illinois are now in California, supporting wildfire relief efforts there.She is leaving for the fire zone on Saturday as many now face an uncertain future.Brown, who has 45 years of experience with the Red Cross, spent a month in the northeast, supporting disaster relief after Hurricane Helene.
"We just don't know what to do. We're at a loss," said Joelle Fortune, who lost her home in the Altadena wildfire.They packed up their things and left within five minutes as the flames neared their street. "The big gust of wind came through and the new fire just went right through our front yard. Our backyard was on fire. Next day, we went up there and everything was gone. Our whole neighborhood was burned. Whole neighborhood burned down," said Debbie Simmons, who lost her home in the Altadena wildfire.
Red stairs that led to what was their backdoor was the only thing they could recognize of their second-generation family home, which they lived in for 47 years."My kids, they've grown up in Altadena. And it's such a community and such a family. There's not one family that we don't know that hasn't been touched by this," Fortune said.Copyright © 2025 WLS-TV. All Rights Reserved.
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