Auberry homeowner finds renewed purpose after Creek Fire

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- A Central California antheral is sharing the challenges of rebuilding aft a wildfire.

It's been implicit a week since wildfires ravaged Los Angeles County.

Closer to home, the Creek Fire devastated upland communities successful Fresno and Merced County 4 years ago.

"It's taken a small spot of time, but it feels bully to usage the worldly that was mislaid successful the occurrence and springiness it caller life," said Todd Briggs, an Auberry homeowner.

Briggs is simply a carpenter by commercialized and has spent agelong hours and days reclaiming the aforesaid wood that fueled the burning of his location successful the Creek Fire to rebuild his home.

"I ever saw immoderate worth successful the loss. I tin marque thing retired of that. I'm going to marque thing retired of it and I did!" said Briggs.

Briggs said the biggest roadblock was waiting connected the County and the permitting process.

"The Board of Supervisors 1 of the things we did present was expedite the licence process for radical who wanted to rebuild, successful immoderate cases, radical were capable to crook successful their plans for their properties and they were capable to get their gathering licence successful arsenic small arsenic 3 weeks," said Fresno County Supervisor Nathan Magsig.

Todd waited 8 months. That hold postponed the pouring of his home's foundation.

Now that the rebuilding process is underway, its go similar therapy for Briggs, a benignant of catharsis by mode of carpentry.

"It doesn't springiness maine PTSD; what it does is it helps maine reconnect to the space," said Briggs.

The 2,650-foot stucco location is crafted with intentional details including a doorway framework that features a replica of the Sierra Nevada that overlooks his backyard.

The prime to rebuild aft a wildfire not unfamiliar territory for Briggs.

"34, 35 years agone present we mislaid a location successful Santa Barbara and hundreds of different radical did, too," said Briggs.

His connection for those successful Los Angeles facing the imaginable of rebuilding their lives...

"I cognize precisely what radical are going through. It's horrible, but you're live and your family's good and if you've got retired of it okay, that's enough," said Briggs.

Briggs is looking guardant to moving successful his household into his recently rebuilt location by the year's end.

While others successful this country person rebuilt, others person relocated altogether.

For homeowners successful Southern California country impacted by the wildfires, their aboriginal and scenery of their communities remained to beryllium seen.

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