Ventura resident
PROFILE
Letha Harrison
Guest
FROM Letha Harrison
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
The personal toll of evacuating fire-ravaged Ventura and West LA Fires are raging out of control across the region. The Skirball Fire near the Getty Center has destroyed at least four homes on the east side of the 405 freeway, and has burned at least 150 acres. In Ventura, the Thomas Fire has burned at least 65,000 acres, and there’s still no containment. Air quality has forced schools to close, and the Santa Ana winds are expected to become even stronger. We talk with people who’ve evacuated -- one who lost her home and everything in it, and another who doesn’t know what he’ll lose.
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