Leslie Garnica searches for belongings in the ashes of her home that was destroyed by fire in the Coffey Park area of Santa Rosa, California, on Tuesday. Whole neighbourhoods are gone, with only brick chimneys and charred laundry machines to mark sites that were once family homes. “Our plan is to keep those things, and when we rebuild, they'll be mementoes of what we've lived through, and of, just, resilience,” Mr Leal said. In the meantime, Mr Leal got a post office box so the family can get mail, a new laptop and some clothes. Mr Garnica also hung onto hope, saying he was not back at square one.

Source: Bangkok Post October 11, 2017 14:48 UTC