Our home was lost in the Woolsey Fire

The Woolsey Fire was the worst fire catastrophe in Los Angeles County history. It ignited on November 8, 2018 near the Santa Susana Field Laboratory, a toxic site in Simi Valley in Ventura County near the border of Los Angeles County. The fire spread quickly in the Santa Ana wind conditions that overwhelmed limited available fire protection resources and burned 96,949 acres (39,234 hectares) of land. Within the boundaries of the blaze, more than 21,000 acres – 88% – of the National Park Service acres within the area burned. The fire destroyed 1,643 structures, killed three people, and prompted the evacuation of more than 295,000 people, some for days, some for weeks, some for months.