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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Andrea Cavallier

‘I’ll never forget that moment’: Los Angeles residents who lost their homes in the fires describe their week from hell

A refugee who came to the US for a better life and now has to start again. A son who spent his 30th birthday making a plan to help his mother rebuild. A family with a special needs son who are now homeless. A woman forced to evacuate hours after an IVF procedure. A nurse who was set to retire and volunteer in her neighborhood. Now, it’s all gone.

These are just a few of the countless victims who lost everything in the recent fires in the Los Angeles area, leveling neighborhoods and displacing residents.

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