Thousands have been impacted by the devastating wildfires that continue to spread through Southern California. Here are some of their stories.
Thousands have been impacted by the devastating wildfires that continue to spread through Southern California. Here are some of their stories.From those who have lost everything, to those trying desperately to prevent further damage, the devastation of the Southern California wildfires has impacted thousands.
continued to spread Wednesday in Los Angeles County, including a brush fire in the Pacific Palisades area that, as of Wednesday afternoon, had‘Our worst fear happened.' Malibu man reacts to losing home in Palisades FireA Malibu resident was brought to tears Wednesday while standing amid the wreckage of his home, one of the thousands of structures destroyed by multiple wildfires that "Our worst fear happened," he said."That's alright, 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...We lost everything we owned. It doesn’t even look like a house anymore."A man who has lived in Los Angeles for 30 years describes escaping before losing his home to the fires burning the region. Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weekly A longtime Los Angeles resident who fled his home on Tuesday due to the wildfires returned to find that his house and much of his community had burned.."And then as you’re driving through the community, it's the same thing. I'm saying 70 percent of the business gone, 30 percent of the houses for sure gone, and it may be closer to 50 percent, but I tend to want to air on the side of being cautious." He was hesitant to leave his house, and when he finally did, he did not take any belongings with him. "I didn't take it serious, so I didn’t grab anything because I'm like, 'OK, we're gonna be alright!'" he said."Everything is burned up," he said."The house is completely engulfed in flames. I have a secondary home behind it, it's gone. The car, it's gone. The trailer, it's gone. Everything is gone."A fire chief from El Dorado Hills in Northern California, who is helping fight the fires in L.A., describes the frustration of trying to save homes but seeing many go up in flames in the Eaton Fire. As multiple wildfires continue to spread through Southern California, personnel from surrounding areas have joined forces to battle the blaze. But even with the added support, containment has remained impossible due to high winds.."I mean everyone’s doing the best they can with what we have, and it's just frustrating that it's just not enough."Lolita Lopez talks to a woman who lost everything in the Eaton Fire. Even as the flames neared, an Altadena resident didn't want to leave his childhood house that was passed down to him by his late father.When they returned, there was nothing left. "It's gone," Jennifer said after showing video of the destruction."That's all we got. I can't believe it. We tried to hose our house down before we left, but there’s only so much you can do.""So, I called my daughter, and she was crying," Jennifer said."She's like, 'There's flames.' So I had to rush down there." The family and their two German Shepherds left the house, initially pulling into a nearby Food 4 Less parking lot hoping the fire would simply pass by so they'd be able to return to their home. "I'm hoping I just wake up and its a dream, but it's not," Jennifer said."My kids are safe. My dogs are safe. We're alive. But it's just, it was our home."
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