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Originally Posted by skidude  An estimated 950,000 people have sought refuge from the fires in shelters, hotels and at friends' homes. Among the evacuees are more than 4,000 military personnel from area bases. More than 20 fires have scorched 400,000-plus acres from the Mexican border to northern Los Angeles County and inland into the San Bernardino Mountains since the weekend. Almost 1,500 homes have been destroyed.
Firefighters received help from Mexico, the state and federal governments and even inmates from California's prisons. About 7,000 firefighters were battling the blazes, including 2,300 inmates from California's Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, according to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. |
That's intense. My uncle has lived there ever since I was born and said nothing of the sort has happened before that he can recall. Now they have to move out and evacuate and if there home is destroyed then what? I doubt the government will replace it.