‘Everything Was Incinerated’: Scenes From One Community Wrecked by the Santa Rosa Fire
- 7 years ago
‘Everything Was Incinerated’: Scenes From One Community Wrecked by the Santa Rosa Fire
“It was safe and everybody got along.”
Mr. Tran described the chaotic scene in the early hours of Monday morning when police cars came through the neighborhood with horns
and sirens blaring – and loudspeakers barking orders for residents to leave.
“It looks like a bomb went off,” said Ms. Coats, an accounts assistant at a retirement home.
SANTA ROSA, Calif. — It looked like a blizzard of red embers had slammed into the suburban home of Bruce and Lisa Coats.
“We had a good mix,” said Kevin Tran, a district manager at Verizon.
Mr. Coats spotted his water heater and the tools in his garage workshop: the
mangled remains of a drill press, a compressor, a belt sander and a tile saw
“It was safe and everybody got along.”
Mr. Tran described the chaotic scene in the early hours of Monday morning when police cars came through the neighborhood with horns
and sirens blaring – and loudspeakers barking orders for residents to leave.
“It looks like a bomb went off,” said Ms. Coats, an accounts assistant at a retirement home.
SANTA ROSA, Calif. — It looked like a blizzard of red embers had slammed into the suburban home of Bruce and Lisa Coats.
“We had a good mix,” said Kevin Tran, a district manager at Verizon.
Mr. Coats spotted his water heater and the tools in his garage workshop: the
mangled remains of a drill press, a compressor, a belt sander and a tile saw