Chloe Garcia said she lost everything in the Eaton Fire.
Chloe Garcia and her partner Giovanni Figueroa lost their home and everything they owned in the Eaton Fire that decimatedNow in her final trimester of pregnancy, Garcia said she and Figueroa will have to rebuild their lives from scratch.
Garcia and Figueroa decided to stay the night in nearby Glendale and only packed enough for an overnight stay, thinking they could return to pick up necessities later. Among the many items that burned in Chloe Garcia’s Altadena home was a crib meant for her and her partner Giovanni Figueroa’s baby."As we turned the corner, I could see flames just going and I was like, that is right next to our home, if it's not our home," Garcia recalled, adding that "there were embers everywhere."
Garcia said seeing the ruins of her home, which they had already started filling with baby items and a crib in preparation for their baby's March 28 arrival, was "surreal" and felt like "a movie."
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