(29 Jan 2025)
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Pacific Palisades, California – 28 January 2025
1. Resident Jack Hassett digs through the remains of his burned home
2. Salvaged etched stones mark the names of the Hassett family children
3. Resident Jack Hassett digs through the remains of his burned home
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Jack Hassett, returning resident:
"Today we’re just sifting through, trying to find some things. We found some pottery. A lot of dishes and stuff. But we’re still really just trying to find essentially all that we can. And sort of remember some things. And yea, just seeing what we can grab."
5. Various of salvaged pottery and dishes
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Jack Hassett, returning resident:
"And finally now they gave us sort of a pass. So all residents can come in and look at their houses and sort of dig through the rubble if they want to."
7. Resident Jack Hassett digs through the remains of his burned home
8. Melted water containers
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Jack Hassett, returning resident:
"It was a long wait but it wasn’t really too stressful to sort of wait until it was all clear. And just making sure that it’s safe for everybody to come in."
10. Burned fence
11. Family swimming pool filled with water
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Jack Hassett, returning resident:
"It’s nice. You know, it’s hard to sort of look at this. But it’s nice to find those little things that – you know – at one point didn’t mean so much. You know, plates are plates. But now they’re a memory to sort of look back on and see the house. And where we were for my whole life."
13. Resident Jack Hassett digs through the remains of his burned home
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Jack Hassett, returning resident:
"It’s special. It’s a sort of a sublime feeling right? It’s such a scary thing to see all of this. But it’s really sort of beautiful in a way."
15. Hassett and his mother put up a sign thanking their neighbors
STORYLINE:
Jack Hassett was among scores of residents slowly returning on Tuesday to Los Angeles neighborhoods ravaged by recent wildfires to finally sift through the rubble and salvage any cherished items.
Hassett didn’t find much in the ash at his family’s Pacific Palisades house, uncovering only some pottery and assorted kitchenware.
“It’s nice to find those little things that, you know, at one point didn’t mean so much,” said Hassett, 22. “Plates are plates. But now they’re, you know, a memory to sort of look back on … It’s such a scary thing to see all this, but it’s really sort of beautiful in a way.”
People anxious to see what had become of their properties after the Palisades fire ignited three weeks ago waited in their cars for hours for permission to return after officials lifted the last remaining evacuation orders.
A line of vehicles snaked along the Pacific Coast Highway as motorists inched into a beachside parking lot in Santa Monica, where they had to show ID to receive a permit that allowed them to drive into the burn zone. They have to be out of the area by nightfall because a curfew remains in effect.
Officials began letting residents of select areas return starting last week, but only with a police escort. On Monday afternoon, the city lifted all remaining evacuation orders and dropped the escort requirement.
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