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Misplaced within the California wildfires is a household’s group because the mother tells her story

Editorial Board Published January 12, 2025
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When devastation strikes, it typically uproots extra than simply bodily properties and buildings — it tears aside the very material of a group. 

For Sara Trepanier, a Navy veteran, single mom of 4 and emergency room physician, the California wildfires lowered her dwelling this week and beloved group to ashes.

On Tuesday, Trepanier and her household evacuated their dwelling in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, on Swarthmore Avenue. 

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“I decided to walk my dog one block over as I went around the corner to the main street on the bluff,” mentioned Sara Trepanier. “You could see a little plume of smoke not on our hill, but on the hill to the left.”

Veteran, ER physician and mom of 4 Sara Trepanier, second from proper, misplaced her dwelling and full group this week within the California fires.  (Sara Trepanier)

“As we watched it, it just rapidly went over the hill. Within 10 minutes, you could see these huge flames,” she mentioned.

“This is miles away. It’s not on our direct hill. So as an ER doctor, 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 mentioned.

“The winds were so strong — that’s what pushed this to [occur at] a ridiculous pace,” she mentioned. 

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“So we ended up trying to evacuate. Finally, when our neighbors were evacuating, we rushed out of the house,” mentioned the mother.

Initially from North Carolina, Trepanier mentioned she was used to coping with hurricanes and consulted her neighbors upon leaving with a mutual acknowledgment that areas had been evacuating in levels.

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“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 mentioned. “They know that respectfully, let the people who are in the direct line go.”

Trepanier mentioned the fires moved so rapidly given the robust winds that nobody anticipated the city can be leveled. She snapped this image.  (Sara Trepanier)

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 mentioned every member of the family took just one suitcase with some garments, together with their canine and a few pet food.

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“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 a hotel,” mentioned the mother. 

“We just see videos of my high school burning down.”

Once they heard the fireplace had jumped over to their group, the daughter mentioned her coronary heart dropped.

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“We just see videos of my high school burning down and then [the homes of] all those friends of ours across the street from the high school catching on fire,” mentioned {the teenager}.

“I get all these texts [from] all my friends. One after the other they are losing their houses.”

Sara Trepanier misplaced her home in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, on Swarthmore Avenue. She took this photograph above. (Sara Trepanier)

Solely two properties on the household’s block survived the fireplace.

Sara Trepanier is presently looking for a rental property for her household.

By way of tear-filled eyes, the daughter shared her admiration for her mother, reflecting on her resilience and describing how her mom remained calm and decisive.

California evacuee Trepanier, a mom of 4, mentioned the toughest half is dropping her entire group. She’s proper now looking for a rental property for her household.  (Sara Trepanier)

“She doesn’t give herself enough credit,” shared the daughter, noting that her mother served within the active-duty Navy for 4 years after which on reserve for six years.

The mom mentioned the toughest half to come back to phrases with was that the colleges, native companies and the entire city are actually gone.

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“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 arrange by a pal of the household’s on GoFundMe entitled “Sara’s home was completely lost in the CA fires.”

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