Hundreds of families fled their homes in Vacaville on Wednesday. Some went to shelters, worried both about the flames and the pandemic.
Along with his wife, Anne, 73, and daughter Kristine, 35, they gathered their seven rescue cats and packed two cars.All three were having breathing problems — Kristine has asthma, and her parents both use CPAP breathing machines.With a heavy layer of ash falling, they were already coughing and having trouble breathing, Kristine said.Though they aren’t too concerned about the coronavirus, Kristine said the shelter was not yet set up to screen for the contagion.
As of Wednesday morning, 50 structures had been destroyed, 50 more had been damaged and 1,900 were threatened,Alissa Widmer was walking her Labradoodle, Lucy, with her son, Liam, 8, in the parking lot of one of the local evacuation centers on Wednesday.Her family had used their government stimulus check to buy a generator earlier this year, which was now running next to their RV. Widmer was concerned that the noise of it might bother others but was relieved to have it. They evacuated at 3 a.m.
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