ONE OF THE SADDEST STORIES THAT CAME from the current California wildfires is the destruction of the Oakridge Mobile Home Park in Sylmar.
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The fast-moving fire swept through the community with such violence that the fire department was driven out by the firestorm after trying to take a stand to save it. The fire destroyed 477 of the 608 residences along with the administrative buildings.
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Yesterday the sheriff’s office arranged for the residents to tour the site. It remains closed to the public because it is still considered a crime scene. They were divided into two groups, those whose homes survived the fire and those whose residences were destroyed.
The people who lost everything were given a riding tour through the development while those whose homes are still there were taken separately and given 10 minutes to go into their homes to retrieve personal valuables such as medications, legal papers and jewelry.
The Los Angeles Times tells the STORY.
The Associated Press reported on the event with this video:
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