Despite losing everything by spoiling and still getting angry Los Angeles County As wildfires erupted this week, Deisy-Suarez Giles' family returned to survey the wreckage of their burned-out home, where her two boys were delighted to find several of their toys in the wreckage. .
Suarez-Giles, a three-time business owner, says they surprisingly moved into their home Altadena, Californiahome because during the COVID epidemic they lived above a pharmacy, where, in the middle of the night, someone tried to burn the building down.
“Right after COVID, we left downtown LA, when there were a lot of riots and riots going on. We left because the building we lived in had a Rite Aid downstairs. , and people, you know, tried to burn Rite. So we ran down and put out the fire with a fire extinguisher, “Suarez-Giles said. And I had my little one, Lucas, who was only six months old, and I was like, 'they're going to burn us here alive,' so we had to get out.
I told my husband, 'we had to find a way to get money and get a new house because we can't live here; they will burn us here with our children.' And we ran away from there to be here, and we burned in our house,” he added, crying.
Deisy Suarez-Giles, left, and her family, including her husband and two boys, in front of their damaged home in Altadena, Calif. (Daisy Suarez-Giles)
Suarez-Giles says their home comes from hard work, determination and a desire to keep her family safe.
The family heard about the serious fire in the middle of the day Tuesday, but, although they were careful, they were not sure if they should leave the first place, although they saw the neighbors leaving ' and they moved the horses and animals away from the affected area. Eaton Fire.
Finally, Suarez-Giles said, around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, they decided it was best to wake her boys, Henry and Lucas, grab a few essentials and go to sleep. in the car that night only.
“We woke them up at 1:30, so we didn't leave until 2, because it took us a little while to like, you know, get anything together and go out, and after three hours, the house was already there,” he said.
When Suarez-Giles woke up his family to leave, he said that's when realizing what was happening upset the boys.
“Henry was very angry about it. He cried. Lucas was scared when the fire came. There was a lot of fear going on, especially with the two little kids. Lucas is he was crying,” he said. “He was very scared when I woke him up, I said, 'we have to go, baby, the fire is coming.'
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The family of Deisy Suarez-Giles investigated the damage to their home in Altadena, Calif., after the Eaton Fire in Los Angeles County. (Daisy Suarez-Giles)
Henry, who was interviewed by a reporter after the fire on Thursday while standing next to his mother, recounted the terrifying moments leading up to losing his home while holding the only two things he left behind in this world.
“And then the power went out, yes, and then we, and then we were going to get our father, but he was coming. Then we had power, torches, good very, and I went, and my brother and I woke up, and we left our house,” said Henry. “And then we didn't realize that our house would burn like that. And a lot of things that we left in our house, and it burned, and we had a machine of 3D printing, and it was very special to me, but, I don't know why, but this is what happened in our home.
“And many of the things I love are gone. And now, everything is broken, and has lost its color and other things. And these are the only things that I have them.”
Suarez-Giles said that when it arrived later, the power went out and that's when others started to panic. His young son, Lucas, began to cry.
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“He started freaking out, and my husband went with the torches and Henry was very brave, he was helping us find, you know, things were full. I told him get everything ready, and you know. “About 11, we were still in the house, and they were saying, 'oh, we're tired, we want to sleep.' They were tired, so I said, 'Okay, you guys can go to bed and I'll stay awake.'
The remains of the Suarez-Giles home in Altadena, Calif., after the Eaton Fire destroyed the property. (Daisy Suarez-Giles)
Suarez-Giles said her family was not the only one in the house when the fire broke out. Her son's school teacher had rented a room in their house, and she didn't leave until it was too late.
“He was woken up by the fire. My husband tried to, you know, let him know to leave, but he knew everything that was going on because the school was talking to all the teachers and stuff,” he said so. “He didn't think anything of it, and he said he almost got burned because the fire was coming through the windows.”
For his part, brave Henry wanted to return to the site of his former home to fix what was broken and see what was left.
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“I wanted to look at it and see if it was broken and my father took a video (to show) that it was broken,” he said. “We went, so we know what happened, and it was our chimney where Santa comes, and now it's gone. Now we can't get presents here anymore.”
According to LA County officials, the Eaton, Palisades, Kenneth, Hurst Fire and Lidia fires have burned more than 35,000 acres, and the Eaton and Palisades fires have killed at least 11 people.