![]() Among the items she took with her were photos of her pets. She and her three dogs waited five hours in her SUV for their turn. Holly Hansen, who fled the LNU fire, was among evacuees from the community of Angwin allowed Sunday to go back to their homes for one hour to retrieve belongings. “I can’t imagine a bigger low-life,” Hart said, promising to catch him and vowing “the DA is going to hammer him.” Someone entered the vehicle and stole personal items, including a wallet and “drained his bank account,” said Chief Mark Brunton, a battalion chief for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire). Among the victims was a fire commander who was robbed when he left his fire vehicle to help direct direct operations. He and county District Attorney Jeff Rosell expressed anger at what Rosell called the “absolutely soulless” people who seek to victimize those already victimized by the fire. “What we’re hearing from the community is that there’s a lot of looting going on,” Hart said. Santa Cruz County Sheriff Jim Hart said 100 officers were patrolling and anyone not authorized to be in an evacuation zone would be arrested. Rough terrain, hot weather and the potential for thunderstorms with lightning strikes challenged firefighters on Sunday.Īuthorities said their firefighting effort in Santa Cruz was hindered by people who refused to evacuate and those who were using the chaos to steal. In Southern California, an 11-day-old blaze held steady at just under 50 square miles (106 square kilometers) near Lake Hughes in northern Los Angeles County mountains. ![]() “You could overlay half of one of these fires and it covers the entire city of San Francisco,” Bennett said Sunday.
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