About 1,360 firefighters and multiple aircraft were battling the blaze in Southern California.
Residents of the unincorporated communities of Oak Glen and Forest Falls were under voluntary evacuation orders as of 5 p.m. Saturday.
“Boy, the wind picked up and it moved,” she said. “At that moment, I was worried about the girls because they were really scared. They were like ‘I want to go home, I want to go home.’” The home survived; the Stewarts attribute that to a fire break they installed around their home as a precaution following years of surviving fires in the area.Officials said that they were mindful of protecting evacuees from the coronavirus pandemic. As a result, the evacuation center was being used as more of a check-in point rather than an actual shelter.
They were joined by Yedwalsky’s 20- and 18-year-old sons, whom he praised for calmly evacuating. They spent the night watching a Los Angeles Lakers game, but Yedwalsky's elderly father made it clear he wanted to return home as they watched the fire burn from afar. “On the one hand, I want them to save my place. But sincerely, if it gets ugly, I want them to get out of there,” said Ryan Westbrook, 48.
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