Southern California Wildfires Out of Control

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The news here in Southern California has been consumed by the four wildfires which are burning. Two are in Ventura County, north of Los Angeles. One is along the 405 Freeway near Malibu and Brentwood, on the northern edge of Los Angeles. The fourth fire is in the San Bernardino mountains, west of Los Angeles. Our family mostly lives south of Los Angeles, in Orange County, so we are not directly affected by these fires, other than the poor air quality. My husband's sister lives in an assisted living facility in Ojai, very near the largest of the fires in Ventura County. However, her son and two of her grandsons are firemen, and I am sure they have evacuated her to one of their homes in Santa Barbara. While I'm relieved that our family is all safe from the fires, it is sad to watch the destruction that other people are experiencing. Nearly 200 homes have burned down; numerous others have experienced severe damage. Several people have been injured. Thirty horses were found burned to death when their owner could not get them into trailers and away from the fire fast enough. She managed to save 15 of our horses, but could not get the others out in time. Since none of the fires have been contained and gale force winds of up to 70 mph are expected over the next few days, more property damage can be expected, at the very least. It is so sad, and I feel bad for the people who have lost so much.