The close-knit Los Angeles community has been devastated by the fires – but locals have mobilized to help the recovery
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.”
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