More reports from those who lost their homes, cars and belongings. Many houses were completely burnt. The fight against the elements continues.
Right in the center of Pacific Palisades there are restaurants, shops and service points – now it resembles a ghost town in a forgotten desert.
Official statistics show that 12,000 structures, such as shops, cars, apartments and single-room houses, were burnt down.
We learn more stories of our countrymen who have lost everything in this hell.
– That’s right, the house is completely burnt. It’s just unusual. I don’t believe it, in fact I still can’t rationalize it, says Anna Dobrowolska, a Polish film producer based in California.
– We were among the first people to evacuate. The notifications went off at 11:00 and 15:00, but we didn’t know it. We thought we were just going out for a date, says Roza Dobrowolska, a Pole living in California.
The upscale Los Angeles district was left in ashes and empty streets. Our reporter visited Pacific Palisades Marcin Wrona/Fakty o Świecie TVN24 BiS
The first information about successes in the fight against the elements
At night, our group went to the hills of the eastern wall of the biggest fire, where there was a curfew and an evacuation order – there were only firefighters with their equipment waiting for the fire to arrive.
Finally, the first information about successes in the fight against the elements appears.
“The Palisade fire is currently 11 percent contained at nearly 9,200 acres,” said Pasadena Fire Chief Joe Tyler.
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Thousands of people who have lost everything need immediate help.
Ms. Elvira works for a company that provides costumes for music videos, commercials, and movies. Together with their friends on social media, they gathered clothes from warehouses into parcels for the victims of the fire.
– We know that people are also a little shy to go to these main points and ask directly what they need, so they prefer to go to Instagram or their friends go to Instagram and we have packages for them we prepare a personal one, – says Elvira Abramchuk, a Pole who lives in California.
The heartbeat of Ms. Elvira and her friends is of great importance, especially now, when the elements are still raging and the authorities are focusing on fighting the fire first.
Main photo source: Reuters
