The Mountain Fire continues to burn in the Camarillo area, scorching more than 20,500 acres. The wildfire is burning with only 7% containment.
In the midst of the devastation, people are left with more questions than answers. Many evacuees were sent to a temporary evacuation shelter set up by the American Red Cross at Padre Serra Church. Randy Hermans said he left his home on Wednesday, just as he saw a line of fire trucks racing in. 'You just have to pull over and give them the thumbs up, pray for them, because these people are driving towards the disaster, and I'm driving away.
Hermans is among the more than four dozen evacuees at the shelter. Suni Pedraza has spent the last two nights there, hoping she still has a home. 'They are so nice. They are so well prepared, and they are treating us so like ... they are treating me like a princess,' she said about the shelter. But the same can't be said for all evacuees. So far, nearly 200 homes were lost in the fire. 'Everything is gone.
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