Lake Isabella, an hour northeast of Bakersfield, Calif., disappeared behind a haze of smoke and ash. He took her to Burger King every morning for breakfast and to a Lake Isabella diner several times a week. Byron sang along to Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” his neighbor, Bill Johnson, told the Times. “He was, like, on top of her, and they were together, like he was blocking her from the fire,” Johnson told the Los Angeles Times. “She was just a sophisticated lady,” Johnson told the Times.

Source: Washington Post June 29, 2016 09:34 UTC