Southern California homes and businesses are still ablaze tonight with no end in sight.
Celebrities are expressing their disappointment on social media over the loss of their homes and flashy cars, but one family in Altadena is mourning the loss of much more.
In an interview with Fox 11, the boy from Altadena stands next to his mother and brother. In the background you can see the mangled siding and bricks of what appears to be a house, along with the burned wreckage of many other homes that were lost.
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A little boy from Altadena stands next to his mother and brother amid the aftermath of devastating wildfires. (Fox News digital)
The young boy seems to remain calm as he tells the story frightening moments leading up to losing his home while holding on to the only two things he has left in this world.
“And then the power went out… and then we wanted to get our dad, but he came. Then we had power, flashlights, they’re so good and I went and they woke us up, me and my brother. And then we left our house,” said the boy.
He said items in the house were burned, including his prized 3D printer.
“It was so special to me and it will make me a little sad, but I don’t know why, but this is what happened to our house,” the boy said. “And a lot of things I love are gone. And now everything is broken and has lost its color and everything. And these are the only things I have.”
A little boy from Altadena stands next to his mother and brother and talks about all that was lost in the wildfire. (Fox News Digital)
The boy, visibly disappointed, shows the reporter the remains of his mother and father’s bicycles and says he wanted to come to the site of his former home to confirm what was broken and see what was left .
“I wanted to check if it wasn’t broken and my dad took a video showing it was broken,” he says. “We’ve been here today so we know what happened and that was our chimney where Santa comes and now he’s gone. Now we can’t get any presents here.”
This is the case for thousands while the forest fires rage throughout the area.
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The burned remains of homes in Altadena after raging wildfires ravaged the area. (Fox News Digital)
The mother took to social media to say she was mentally exhausted from the incident as the family tried to get their lives back on track. She said the brand new 3D printer mentioned in her son’s interview was one they had been waiting more than a year for.
She pointed out how quickly it all happened, saying that it happened so quickly and she didn’t think much about the fire until it grew, fanned by the wind.
“It all happened so quickly. We thought there would be time to return and save more of our belongings, but within less than five hours the entire neighborhood was eaten. We grabbed our children and our two dogs and left with the little that we had. While we are grateful to be safe, the pain of losing everything is overwhelming. People often say: ‘The most important thing is that you are alive.’ ‘ While that is true, it does not take away the sadness of the loss.”
Fox News Digital has reached out to the family for comment, but understandably, like many families, they have a lot to do in rebuilding what they have worked so hard for.
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The Eaton Fire, burning in the Pasadena-Altadena area northeast of Los Angeles, is one of several fires devastating the city of Angeles. Nearly 30,000 hectares have been affected by the fires and almost 15,000 homes and buildings are at risk as of Thursday – up from 13,000 on Wednesday morning. Firefighters are struggling to control the wildfires, which are caused by strong Santa Ana winds.
