Pacific Palisades residents return to find their homes reduced to ashes by wildfires

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Homeowners in Pacific Palisades returned to their neighborhood for the first time since a catastrophic wildfire tore through the area earlier this week, leaving behind a scene of destruction. (Courtesy of Associated Press)  RELATED: https://mb.com.ph/2025/1/11/families-in-shock-begin-to-visit-their-charred-homes-in-los-angeles-area  Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manila_bulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin #LatestNews

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00:00This is where we would all gather for Christmas, Thanksgiving, birthdays, you know.

00:08Well, this is what's left of the home that I grew up in for 31 years.

00:16We just had Christmas morning right over here.

00:21It's those small family heirlooms that are the ones that really hurt the most.

00:26We can build a new house, you know, but my father told me his grandmother,

00:31so my great-grandmother's wedding ring is somewhere in this pile of ash.

00:37So I'm hoping at some point when I get proper clothing on and safety gear

00:43that I can help my family and see what we can get.

00:50I think we've evacuated twice before maybe in my lifetime,

00:54but I think still you don't really expect your house to burn down, even when it was going.

00:57So, like, I mean, there's a lot of things we wish you would have got.

01:00I told him to grab my memory box, and he told me my room was too messy to find it.

01:04So I didn't get that.

01:05I think people are really, really sad.

01:07Yeah, I mean, it sucks.

01:09But I'm grateful, grateful everybody's okay,

01:12unless it came from a funeral, which I feel like puts us in perspective where you're,

01:16yeah, a bit grateful everyone's okay.

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