Former Valley residents tried to save their Southern California home from Eaton Fire

ALTADENA, Calif. (KFSN) -- "I conscionable wasn't going to spell down without a fight," Altadena nonmigratory Robert Garrett said.

Robert Garrett says knowing helium did each helium could to prevention his home, makes the symptom of losing it somewhat bearable.

"I was inactive retired determination watering the yard. The embers were similar fireflies swirling astir me," Robert said. "I yet said I was acrophobic I was going to drawback occurrence myself."

Robert and his woman Athena had lived successful their Altadena home, much than 30 years.

As they saw the glow of flames inching person to their location connected Tuesday night, they near not knowing that would beryllium the past clip they saw it standing.

"We brought our container of important papers but we truly had decidedly intended to spell back," Athena Bressel-Garrett said.

After grabbing a meal, they returned to spot their home, which was 1 of 3 inactive standing.

"The location adjacent to us, the attic exploded," Robert said. "The occurrence started up a telephone rod which is close adjacent to my upstairs room."

"We were shoveling rocks onto the occurrence adjacent doorway to support it distant from our house," Athena said. "Then we went to get the hose and determination was nary water."

That didn't halt them.

"There we're each these spot fires I mean again I was conscionable moving and stomping them retired and Robert drained the h2o heater due to the fact that we had nary water," Athena said.

Soon these tiles from their bay model would beryllium each they recognized of their home.

"It looks similar a atomic weaponry went off. It's conscionable flattened," Robert describing the decimation the flames did to their neighborhood.

Rubble and downed powerfulness lines are what's near behind.

Focusing connected the aboriginal is what keeps them going.

"Starting retired beingness again. Not worrying astir each of the things I lost. It's truthful horrible I can't adjacent process. It's my full life," Robert said.

Robert does dependable plan and euphony editing for films. He says he's thankful helium was capable to prevention immoderate of their belongings including the machine from his euphony studio.

A lifeline to immoderate of his champion projects arsenic helium focuses connected a caller beginning.

"I'm good now," Robert said. "I'm going to ore connected the future."

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