Deadly wildfires rage across Los Angeles County, claiming at least five lives and destroying over 1,000 buildings. The flames have transformed once idyllic neighborhoods into desolate wastelands, displacing tens of thousands and leaving residents grappling with the trauma of loss and displacement.
DEADLY WILDFIRES. A Bank of America is fully engulfed in flames along Lake Ave. during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles county, California on Thursday, Manila time. At least five people are now known to have died in wildfires raging around Los Angeles , with more deaths feared, law enforcement said as terrifying blazes leveled whole streets, torching cars and houses in minutes.
“It’s just been the most heartbreaking thing I’ve ever seen in my life. Man, it’s just like a war zone,” the 39-year-old photographer told AFP, standing in the ruins of what was once one of the most desirable bits of real estate in the country.The awful sight of a place where familiar landmarks have been erased has re-opened old wounds for Swedelson.
“I’m probably gonna restart therapy,” sighed the recovering alcoholic, who has been sober for six years.Armed with a water pump and a chainsaw, he first tried — in vain — to save his parents’ house, before fighting the spread of embers in the neighborhood.Sleep has been a rarity. “I think I hit my limit,” he said, his eyes misty, sitting in a pickup truck covered in pink retardant dropped by the firefighting planes.
As a one-time drug rehab counselor who has seen first responders grapple with trauma in the aftermath of a tragedy, he knows enough to see that he is at risk now.
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