More from Doug Morino and the evacuated residents:
Marketta Barnett of Rancho Palos Verdes said she was sleeping at 9 p.m. Thursday when the sheriffs came by with a bullhorn telling the neighborhood to evacuate.
"I noticed all the fire trucks. We live on the corner so our house was lit up with sirens," Barnett said. "We waited as long as we could because we didn't know how long it would be before we could return."
Barnett spent the night on Crest Road with other evacuees: "We could see the smoke and the sky was orange."
Crest Road was full of people, many angry because they wanted to go home.
"It was all pretty scary," Barnett said. "Now I know I need to get my earthquake kit together."
Another woman: Dottie Lancaster-Hashizumi, said she evacuated at 9 p.m. from her home of 38 years on Cove View Drive.
She had never seen so many firefighters and deputies.
Lancaster-Hashizumi spent the night on Crest Road in her car. She needed to get home for her insulin
"Luckily a sheriff took me home at 7 to get my medicine," she said, adding the blaze did not seem as bad as the one in 2005.
"My neighbors and I have never been evacuated this long, although I know some of my neighbors didn't evacuate at all," she said.
She thanked the police.
"These people are wonderful for all they do."
Marketta Barnett of Rancho Palos Verdes said she was sleeping at 9 p.m. Thursday when the sheriffs came by with a bullhorn telling the neighborhood to evacuate.
"I noticed all the fire trucks. We live on the corner so our house was lit up with sirens," Barnett said. "We waited as long as we could because we didn't know how long it would be before we could return."
Barnett spent the night on Crest Road with other evacuees: "We could see the smoke and the sky was orange."
Crest Road was full of people, many angry because they wanted to go home.
"It was all pretty scary," Barnett said. "Now I know I need to get my earthquake kit together."
Another woman: Dottie Lancaster-Hashizumi, said she evacuated at 9 p.m. from her home of 38 years on Cove View Drive.
She had never seen so many firefighters and deputies.
Lancaster-Hashizumi spent the night on Crest Road in her car. She needed to get home for her insulin
"Luckily a sheriff took me home at 7 to get my medicine," she said, adding the blaze did not seem as bad as the one in 2005.
"My neighbors and I have never been evacuated this long, although I know some of my neighbors didn't evacuate at all," she said.
She thanked the police.
"These people are wonderful for all they do."
typical of rich people to get angry about issues like this! The police and fire dept were keeping you ungrateful people out because of the dangers! People staying in thier homes when there is a forced evacuation puts your life as well as the firefighters and police on the line because they are the ones that have to go get you from inside your burning home because you refused to comply. Last night I watched on TV as this person with flames literally licking at thier house was outside watering it down with a waterhose I mean really?!! Are people that materialistic that thier safety and those of the firefighters are not as important as saving your chersied home! Stop getting angry because they wont let you back into your air conditoned full of ridiculous items home and realize that if they are not letting you back in it's for a damn reason!
Someone is bitter about not being rich!
Angry because they wanted to go home? Those people are GROSS, EGOCENTRICAL creeps. Ick they are like little children with their "me,me,me" attitudes. Actually, let the fires go ahead and smother them so they can all rot in hell.
To Little Girl and Realist. You refer to the "rich people" as "they" - obviously because you are not one of them. And, because the reporter, not the rich people, described their fear at loosing their homes and memories as "anger" you didn't judge the reporter's description of how they felt, but the rich people who never said they were angry in the first place. What did the "rich" person actually say? Its right there in the same article - guess you missed that part "She thanked the police. These people are wonderful at what they do". That's what the rich person actually said. WOW. How petty are you.
Wow - These "rich people" are the same people who's sons and daughters serve as police, fire and for our country. Remember what they taught you in kindergarten - if you take only a few of the great lessons taught to us in kindergarten you'll be a much better person, like "be nice".
These folks got to where they are at with hard work. Their house is their biggest investment... but again, this is probably over your head.
In Response to ''just a girl'' You better bet I would be outside just like the man on tv with a water hose watering down my property that I worked & saved for all my life.
People think living in PV is just handed to them, but it takes a lot of hard work and a life of dedication to be able to live on the hill. Maybe if people quit complaining and worked there ass off they could live on the hill too, instead of jealous rude remarks, about people who they assume are snobby
i have lived on the hill for many, many years.
for some reason i don't know any snobby people....hmm
Good grief! The issue is a fire that can take lives. Who cares how much money a person makes or what they are like - nice or not - that's not the issue. Keep in mind, NONE of us are perfect - NOT one. First look at yourself before casting aspersions on anyone else and be thankful you have a roof over your head and you're alive. I know I'm grateful.