Fox News: California wildfires: Navy veteran and mother shares heart-wrenching evacuation from her home and community

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California wildfires: Navy veteran and mother shares heart-wrenching evacuation from her home and community

California wildfires burn down the home and community of a veteran, ER doctor and single mother of four, Sara Trepanier, in the Pacific Palisades. She and her daughter tell their evacuation story.......                    ...                        ...When devastation strikes, it often uproots more than just physical homes and structures — it tears apart the very fabric of a community. ......For Sara Trepanier, a Navy veteran, single mother of four and emergency room doctor, the California wildfires reduced her home this week and beloved community to ashes.......On Tuesday, Trepanier and her family You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, on Swarthmore Avenue. ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......The mom and her You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, Remy Trepanier, were in tears as they spoke with Fox News Digital about the loss of their home and how they managed to exit amid the chaos and destruction. (See the video at the top of this article.)......"I decided to walk my dog one block over as I went around the corner to the main street on the bluff," said Sara Trepanier. "You could see a little You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login not on our hill, but on the hill to the left."......"As we watched it, it just rapidly went over the hill. Within 10 minutes, you could see these huge flames," she said......."This is miles away. It's not on our direct hill. So as an You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, I'm usually very calm, but I was like, 'It's moving so fast. It is.' You could tell it was climbing over the hill," she said......."The winds were so strong — that's what pushed this to [occur at] a ridiculous pace," she said. ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"So we ended up trying to evacuate. Finally, when our neighbors were evacuating, we rushed You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login" said the mom.......Originally from North Carolina, Trepanier said she was used to dealing with hurricanes and consulted her neighbors upon leaving with a mutual acknowledgment that areas were evacuating in stages.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login ......"The one thing that we've heard is there have not been fatalities in the Palisades, which shows the community that they know how to do this," she said. "They know that respectfully, let the people who are in the direct line go."......She added, "Our neighbor was the one who has lived there his whole life. He was directing us to hang and see until it was time — and you could see it was coming toward the town," she added.......Daughter Remy said You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login took only one suitcase with some clothes, along with their dog and some dog food.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"We just went up the street, and it was like a dead zone. There was nobody around, and it was ashy, so we ended up finding our way out through Santa Monica and to Venice, to You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login," said the mom. ......When they heard the fire had jumped over to their community, the daughter said her heart dropped.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"We just see videos of my You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login burning down and then [the homes of] all those friends of ours across the street from the high school catching on fire," said the teenager......."I get all these texts [from] all my friends. One after the other they are losing their houses."......Only two homes on the family's block survived the fire.......Sara Trepanier is currently searching for a You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login for her family.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or LoginYou are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Through tear-filled eyes, the daughter shared her admiration for her mom, reflecting on her resilience and describing how her mother remained calm and decisive......."She doesn't give herself enough credit," shared the daughter, noting that her mom served in the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login for four years and then on reserve for six years.......The mother said the hardest part to come to terms with was that You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, local businesses and the whole town are now gone......."I think what hits me the most [about] the house is really this precious community that was so amazing ... I don't think anyone ever conceived that [the fire] would wipe out the whole town."......A fundraiser has been set up by a friend of the family's on GoFundMe entitled "Sara's home was completely lost in the CA fires."...

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