A Malibu resident recounts the heartbreak of losing his home in the recent wildfires that ravaged Southern California. President Biden addresses the crisis, reflecting on his own experience with a December fire. The story also includes an anecdote about former President Jimmy Carter's modest lifestyle.
A Malibu resident had thought his family had made it through another fire season when his home was spared during a blaze in December. 'I've seen in Malibu that had two fires in one season,' he told NBC Los Angeles. 'And it got us this time.' He was brought to tears Wednesday while standing amid the wreckage of his home, one of the thousands of structures destroyed by multiple wildfires that raged through Southern California . 'Our worst fear happened,' he said.
'That's all right, we're survivors, we'll get through it. We'll build another home. But we lost all of our things. That's the part that hurts. All our photographs. My grandpa's antique chest and all that kind of stuff.' President Joe Biden met with leaders of local emergency management services on Wednesday about the wildfires raging through Southern California. He said he was concerned for his home during a December fire in the area, but the winds shifted, and his house was unharmed. He wasn't as fortunate during this fire. Former President Jimmy Carter spent his last 43 years living in a $167,000 house—less expensive than the Secret Service vehicles outside
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