‘People are really distraught’: Altadena residents vow to rebuild what was lost in LA fires

Danisha Keith, right, and Mahoganie Berryman pass out free children's clothing at La Pintoresca Branch Library in Pasadena, California, on 11 January. Photograph: Jireh Deng/The Guardian

Brandon Garner was armed with only a garden hose atop his grandparents’ home in Altadena as the flames encircled him.

“I only thought to leave once,” Garner said. He fended off the Eaton fire from engulfing his family’s residence last week, livestreaming the feat on Facebook. “I just kept saying, ‘God ain’t gonna let nothing happen to me.’ I got it. He got me. I got the house.”