Coastal Fire burns at least 24 homes in Laguna Niguel

Eric Spillman reports for the KTLA 5 Morning News on May 12, 2022.
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[@lasvegasbreakingnews1752]

10 million dollar home. For sale at 10 Million. No buyers. Suddenly it burns to the ground. Hmmmmmm.........

[@mjblue84]

"What you own, owns you."

[@jimmyrhino6176]

Yes this sucks. Atleast we know these people have insurance up the wazoo. Unlike the ones that lose their mobile homes. Fire does not discriminate

[@gavincurtis]

These people just had their reality obliterated no different than ones of us in trailers.

[@58jennypenny]

makes no difference if it cost $10 or 10 million, still their home, all their personal treasured possessions inside,quite a flippant attitude.

[@georgejones6167]

@@58jennypenny I'm wondering how many of these homes that were destroyed were owned by climate change denying republicans who will now demand that the government give them a handout

[@opwave79]

Indeed.

[@sorakanzoku1748]

The people who set them do...just saying....

[@ichosecommonsense5295]

mother nature finally told those people how she REALLY felt about littering her mountain with mansions

[@maxsmith695]

I aint paying no $1500 to clear brush.

[@shismi3222]

Lesson learned. Don't mess with Mother Nature. California doesn't need faux Mediterranean-style mansions anyhow. Let it go back to nature.

[@cristanoisthebest]

Mother nature does not discriminate.

[@dsan5825]

Looks like a hotel. Is it bad to not have any empathy about the loss of these palaces?

[@davidwright873]

the owners wouldn't shed a damn tear if it were you and I joe nobody in a court somewhere in America....Not a drop......nothing!

[@modernc94]

Don't feel bad. These people wouldn't give a damn if it was anyone else's house. Should've popped some popcorn and watch the show 🍿

[@theyclosechannelsthatspeak428]

It looks like the fall of Ancient Rome in ruins.

[@darbabe7490]

Nailed it 👏👏👏

[@ruthaakamonica5602]

Who would need 7 bathrooms

[@alostbard]

Someone with 7 anuses?

[@johnwattdotca]

It's impossible to watch this news without being suspicious about the wealth involved. I see small palaces.

[@udonwadon2045]

insurance fraud

[@techs1smh13]

Homeless encampment?

[@Paola-jf2qf]

People worked hard for what they have. My father did work on a lot of those home. I met a couple of their home owners. A lot of them where Immigrants who came with very little a worked very hard to have what they had. I remember one man, was in his late 50's and he Finally had his dream home.

[@EDLS]

Glad to see that Mother Nature can’t be corrupted by the rich and powerful.

[@theyclosechannelsthatspeak428]

Amen. You do you, mother nature!!

[@gilloera8912]

What profits a man to gain the world and loseth his soul

[@Kloutkulture]

Lol

[@naa1593]

@@theyclosechannelsthatspeak428 haters

[@jujitsuman9934]

Get a job little green eyed monsters.

[@trickwillis]

Thanks KTLA for posting on KZbin, after switching to streaming through spectrum they mislead me and I don’t get local channels anymore. However since subscribing on KZbin, your posts have kept me informed about what’s going on. Waking up to this tragedy is awful news but the reporting of the news was great. Thanks for going above & beyond, literally

[@krashg992]

Gosh you’re so Caucasian

[@normajeanmcdaniel4491]

Agree 💯. My family is there. I'm in the desert w no cable access to KTLA on TV. @KTLA this was so helpful. What he said. ☝️☝️💯

[@truthjustice3360]

I feel so bad for all the people seeing houses and cars on fire right next to trees that are in perfect condition. What started these fires? Well you see theres this thing called govt and direct energy weapons which all your homes are hooked up with smart meters and wireless devices that attract the invisible beams sent to the homes causing fire because this community is an anti govt tyranny community and the govt is attacking us in more ways now cuz stupid us alliwed 5g towers and smart meters and cell phone companies to put weapons in our cities yay

[@frydoggo]

All those pools and no one had pumps and hoses or a plan living next to all that brush,incompetence at its finest 👌 👏.

[@opwave79]

Developers gonna develop.

[@liufeng2095]

Insurance will Cover all the damage, These homes are for sell, nobody was living there

[@JudgeCrater22]

California houses built on "view" lots come with a price more than just money.

[@michaelbrock6210]

I'm pretty sure these people will be just fine...

[@harryballsacky]

NO ONE GIVES A CRAP ABOUT CALIFORNIA

[@kaivrock]

Dangerous place to live in Laguna. You have to be on or near the water to be safe from fire.

[@tarasvoloshchuk5966]

There is no safe place on our planet today, we're all in danger, but we can change everything, to find out more you can watch the Global Crisis. We Are People. We Want To Live | International Online Forum on May 7th, 2022 on youtube platform, 9:06:07 you can see the main reason why climate is changing, and how we can solve it.

[@JoAnnValenzuela920]

@@tarasvoloshchuk5966 2021 Texans were devastated with Uri winter storm and now Wait till it happens in CA.

[@tarasvoloshchuk5966]

​@@JoAnnValenzuela920It's realy sad. Natural disasters are growing up, but people don't know how to resist it. We have to unite our sciense potential to find the solution. If you want to know more I recomend you to watch the Global Crisis. We Are People. We Want To Live | International Online Forum on May 7th, 2022 on youtube platform, 9:06:07 you can see the main reason why climate is changing, and how we can solve it.

[@ryansextremegaming]

" Well Orange County Insurance has made record profits this year." " Boss boss! " " What? " " Turn on the NEWS." " Okay?....NO! God No! "

[@paddywiggle]

RIP to all the trails ruined in the fire 😭

[@edyoknight9097]

It sounds like the only reason of the fires for insurance purposes

[@paintedbird6791]

CHUBB : We already got you a suite at Waldorf. HW: Thanks, make sure to get a week worth reservations at Bourbon.

[@bill392]

At least those people had time to live in those luxurious places for a while. I've never once been privileged enough to ever set foot inside a home like that even for a minute. Still sad to see it all wrecked. Nobody deserves that.

[@passionpassion-dh9go]

You don’t know how your life can change in the future, you might own several millions dollar home in years to come. As long as your are still living anything is possible. I feel sad for these people also.

[@Juan-dv8om]

Are they made of paper? Burn that easily? That is kinda sus...

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

Combine high winds, high temperatures and wood frame houses and they go up like dry kindling. Nothing suspicious at all about such destruction from a fire.

[@oceanrock733]

Been there many times on the public hiking path that runs right in front of these homes. They are huge and very close together. The view of the ocean up the coastline and out to Catalina Island is spectacular. It’s very quiet way up there.

[@maxsmith695]

When the wind becomes the FAULT - just know that is BS.

[@maxsmith695]

Winds, humidity and temps were all in normal ranges. And this was NOT a urban interface fire. What was it ? It was a grass fire that was not controlled and became a house fire not controlled and now 24 mansions are ashes. The chief was able to find the culprit. Low moisture levels. Aida from decada - are you kidding me ! There was a series of rain storms in the past 6 weeks. OC does face some serious and scary issues if the inland mountains ever catch fire with a Santa Ana blowing towards the coast and no VLATS or HELOS to help. If there are other big fires burning in Sept and Oct, they cannot just pull the red handle, and expect 2500 FF's to come to their aid. Orange county is likely flush with a mountain of cash based on soaring property taxes and values. They need to hire the best FF's, and buy some wildland equipment to fight these fires. Also, end the nepotism and stop hiring city trained chiefs to run departments that require a far greater skill set......or don't. I don't live in OC and those would be the leading reasons to avoid living there.

[@techs1smh13]

@@maxsmith695 man made ? I'll guess yes

[@maxsmith695]

@@techs1smh13 - Lots of or most fires start with human hands. The issue is, this was not controlled. 24 families lost their homes. Maybe more.

[@techs1smh13]

@@maxsmith695 I live in Foothills nothing but oak preserves behind me.its beautiful but the thought of fires will make you loose sleep.

[@john-brady]

Some folks sure do live in grand homes. Nature doesn’t really care though …

[@theyclosechannelsthatspeak428]

Mother nature's got this.

[@davidwright873]

those homes are ridiculous....

[@naa1593]

wow nobody knew that thanks for the information !!

[@byrd7633]

Hard to feel sorry for the Rich folks…..

[@sdtigress74]

I posted some valuable info, but it disappeared. Why?

[@Ummmmmkay88]

I don’t really care…do you?

[@getwreckedgaming8971]

Not at all 🤣🤣🤣

[@islandvibez]

Wow. Wait until something happens to you. Then we won't care either 😁

[@Ummmmmkay88]

@@islandvibez it’s actually a quote

[@islandvibez]

@@Ummmmmkay88 cool! Here have a cookie.

[@Ummmmmkay88]

@@islandvibez Thank you, I will.

[@ramily7554]

All those people are trust fund kids that own those homes. They will have another home by next week. No worries

[@Scott_works]

More likely executives of large corporations. There are thousands of them that live in Orange County.

[@ramily7554]

@@Scott_works executives can be trust fund kids too

[@thakor99]

Insurance company will file bankruptcy?

[@EricK-tb2dn]

I don't think its that serious for an insurance company, they deal with major disasters too.

[@hilove5658]

Hope atit does not own an insurance franchise... The paperwork would take years...

[@beanie_4977]

It’s sad, but I’m sure these people have enough money to come back from this compared to lower middle class people.

[@maxsmith695]

That is missing the point. The winds, temps and humidity were at normal levels. This was a small grass fire that was NOT controlled and spread to a house and that house fire was NOT contained. You have a Chief who was a city FF who showed he is clearly not the one you want in charge when the Santa Ana's begin picking up in Sept -Oct and humidity levels drop to single digits. Because if he cannot handle something like this, a Santa Ana wind is going to be a true nightmare with one spark. You cannot blame this on the urban interface. Orange County does have some seriously thick brush in the mountains 10-20 miles inland and if they generate a 5 mile fire front with a Santa Ana blowing towards the coast, there will be major issues. Those VLATS will not be flying nor the helos, due to the wind. That county is probably flush with money given the massive increase in property values and taxes, and they better hire some smart people in the FD and buy some equipment to use for a wildland fire, because they might not be able to ask for 2,000 helpers in Sept or October when the weather gets hot and people are busy elsewhere.

[@amistenson2535]

Patio furniture was completely untouched when a 10,000+ foot house burned completely just feet away. That’s crazy!

[@theczar6171]

Wow this is really sad and crazy. I can’t believe how fast these homes went up as if it’s all old construction and there is literally nothing that has fire retardant built into the home not the roof not the windows not the doors not even protection for the vents to not let ambers in. I always was under the impression that after a certain size home it has to have a sprinkler system inside of it. Do you know what’s really sad is the cost of rebuilding those homes is gonna be probably double because they’re gonna want everything to be fire retardant on those homes eaves are going to have to be closed off roof is gonna have to have a 4 5 6 hour burn time before it catches on fire. And you know all our insurance rates are going up.

[@opwave79]

It’s mostly condos and apartments that have the sprinklers requirement. Not single family homes, regardless of square footage. Also most of those homes have tile roofs, but if embers get into roof vents or open windows, it will catch fire. Don’t forget the heat generated from nearby flames that will melt material and produce more embers. No home is completely fireproof. It’s more practical to make defensive space around homes and in the canyons than it is to make a “totally fireproof” house.

[@techs1smh13]

Also the heat from the fire will catch window treatments on fire through the glass and melt vinyl Windows you are pretty much screwed when wind is blowing that hard. You need metal security shutters on outside that you control to block off all windows and vents.

[@Nine-Signs]

Your insurance rates have no need to go up and there are methods that could be used to provide home insurance for all US citizens while massively lowering the cost to all. But you live under top down anti democratic capitalism so your premiums will rise so as to ensure the rising costs of climate change are passed onto you the customer and not onto the rich minority at the top of each enterprise dealing with such.

[@techs1smh13]

@@Nine-Signs no we live in a POS one party democratic controlled state. Where people are fleeing to common sense states. I'm out before end year. FGN. Let's NEWSOME.

[@Nuthing_but_the_Truth]

So, climate change made this worse, not poor vegetation management? I see what the narrative is.

[@bc170]

I bet it was a cigar smoking golfer who started the fire

[@maxsmith695]

Cigars on a GC starting a fire. Zero chance.

[@taytrong]

Since 2017, I've lived in a 13x10 ft room in a hotel in DTLA for $400.

[@lj2700]

People can buy phoscheck. They can spray down their roofs and surrounding properties. I have 5 gallons that mixes with water and a few bags of salt on standby. Every home owner needs to have a reserve.

[@theyclosechannelsthatspeak428]

Yeah. Looks like there was no plan in place at all.

[@normajeanmcdaniel4491]

@EricSpillman Thank you for the years of reporting good and bad news in LA. Watched u as a cub reporter (me in J school), and FWIW, I'm so glad @KTLA sent you, in particular, to cover the #CoastalFire Be careful. - 🌴 Palm Springs Fan

[@itsrtvbaby]

SO WAIT... Where is the burn path from the hills to the house??? The tree and outdoor furnishing in the backyard was UNTOUCHED! Eyebrows raised on this one....

[@maxsmith695]

House fire, they failed to contain. And it spread. Its the OCFA. SMH.

[@itsrtvbaby]

@@maxsmith695 That doesn't explain where the burn path is at all. Or why the vegetation and furnishings are literally untouched..but ok.

[@Godfree1212]

Such is California. Such a disregard for the environment and now Mother Nature has started to take things back.

[@mosadik9755]

Why don't they just build homes from concrete bricks and cement-like many homes in the middle east and Florida ?! problem solved!

[@connordoyle502]

California has earthquakes because its on the pacific rim. Concrete and Bricks crumble even on lower magnitude earth quakes. Thus most brick buildings you see in California are just a facade.

[@veggiedisease123]

They probably shouldn't rebuild their homes in that area, or at least not in the same way they did originally. Building your house on the lip of a chaparral canyon is an accident waiting to happen.

[@georgehorn1970]

It was so cold, yesterday, here in Laguna Niguel. We watched it from just across the canyon, and worried it would jump. It's still burning, and the fixed wing have been at it since 3:30 this morning

[@maxsmith695]

You wanna hire a city trained FF to run your dept, without a background in wildland FF, you are missing the boat. The wind, humidity and temps were in normal range. Yet, the grass fire was not controlled nor the house fire, that became 24 house fires. OC is flush with money based on soaring property taxes. Hire the best FF'ers and chief and buy the type of equipment you need. And end the nepotism. This fire and the Feb 2002 fire near Santiago Peak, are worrying signs given what might develop in Sept - Oct with the Santa Ana's. Those winds are going to present much rough conditions in terms of wind and humidity. And when the Helos and VLAT's cannot fly based on the wind, and you cannot summon 2500 fire fighters by puling the 'big red handle', then what is the plan. Living in OC after seeing how the OCFA has handled fires, just this year, has to be a life of stress.

[@georgehorn1970]

@@maxsmith695 Living by the beach and having money is a stress relief in itself. We also have a home in Palm Springs. Guess you could call it our "Fallback Plan"

[@maxsmith695]

@@georgehorn1970 - 550 firefighters responded to this fire. And it still damaged or burned 31 homes. The Chief is blaming low moisture content in the fuel, meaning brush. What was the excuse when the Canyon Fire 1 became the Canyon Fire 2 - 36 hours - AFTER Canyon Fire 1 was put out. This was not a Santa Ana with hot dry winds blowing in from the desert. It was onshore winds that were normal, with normal humidity and temps. I guess if you cannot blame the bark beetle, you go with low moisture content , and them heap praise on your dept, when it was outsiders who did the heavy lifting and corralled this fire.

[@chinookvalley]

I live in slum in Colorado but if any of these people need a place to stay they can park their car in my driveway. Hahhahahahahahaha!

[@hairybelly9910]

Huh wait, wheres the path the fire took up the canyon?

[@itsrtvbaby]

EXACTLY

[@Scott_works]

You can see it quite clearly from other aerial footage. It went up the canyon from the water treatment plant in the bottom of the canyon. Burned up the canyon first. Very quickly too.

[@hairybelly9910]

@@Scott_works Well still, im not sure when people will realize living on a ridge with dry brush fields surrounding it is a fire risk. Especially these houses with money, such a disconnect from reality.

[@sorenadix6411]

It doesn't pay to invest in cheap goods.

[@maxsmith695]

Nepotism is never the way to go.

[@finishfirst4580]

10 million dollar house. Whoever owns the house is good. No pity no remorse for the rich. Screw em

[@naa1593]

they don't need or care about your remorse lol but very sad on your part you don't know how hard those people worked to get where they are at.

[@kimberlymichellesimmons6959]

Beneath The Surface Volcano I think something going on Beneath The Surface

[@nickmagallanez6819]

THANK THE FIRE FIGHTERS FOR FIGHTING THIS FIRE, THANK GOD THAT NO PEOPLE,THEIR PETS WASN'T HURT.

[@ultimatedouchebag6760]

Rich people problem.

[@jake9705]

People on Reddit/Twitter: "And nothing of value was lost 😜😜😜😜"

[@rayjohn14834]

Lol he say climate change?

[@davidwright873]

Ill give ya three bucks for that home right now!!! right NOW!! three big ones.!! cash on the barrel....

[@nickibooth7429]

I just looked this house up... wow.

[@CrazyCatWoman1]

I thought they had sprinkler systems in those type of houses.

[@hilove5658]

I hope these people had proper Insurance.

[@islandvibez]

Insured for $100 million at least. They're good fam.

[@maxsmith695]

So a single house fire, these fellas could not contain, spreads to 23 others. Average home value $5-$10 million. Good reminder, if you own a safe and think your valuable coins or papers are safe in it. They will melt or burn in a house fire. Use a bank safe deposit box.

[@darbabe7490]

Fire started at 10:30am, not 2:44pm-correction early time was a different fire 🙃

[@peggyjenkinson4514]

sooo much destruction! buildings, vegetation WOW

[@Allfivefingers]

Who cares its just a bunch of rich people. They can just pull themselves up by their bootstraps right??

[@buckeyedarren]

I hope no animals were hurt.

[@leewest8159]

Terrible. Very sad. What or who started this fire???

[@madlyn792]

Because climate change?? 🤣 Come on get real, we all know this is what they tell you to say.

[@wwilcox2726]

Exactly!

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

Drought and higher temperatures are all making fires move faster and more aggressively then in the past. Stronger wind are also more common with climate change. It is true that it is harder to draw link from climate change to this particular fire however climate change is raising the likelihood of fires like this happening more often.

[@claytongross5657]

Millions of dollars to look at dirt hills, WOW what a complete waste of money!!

[@America1st69]

The price you pay for living up in the hills

[@rolandomoreno104]

Hate the smell of piss when I walk out of my downtown apartment.... give me the trees and soil any day.

[@claytongross5657]

@@rolandomoreno104 I agree 100% BUT that area is none of those. That is all in northern California or another state all together and for what they paid for those houses they could have bought like 30 acres of real land and still been able to build an amazing house on top it all. California has been turned into a burning garbage can ALL BECAUSE the democrats took over and have robbed the taxpayers to point of no return because of greed and in doing so the area falls into ruin and brings in homelessness/drugs/gangs etc. Which is going on ALL over Southern California right now.

[@jenellkhem1590]

The Hills out in SoCal aren't dirty.. it's strictly the inner city areas lol

[@iffybakker7440]

How sad

[@Darius_Icewood]

Houses are way too expensive.. this is a message from God and all Universes telling foreign realtors in LA to lower the cost of living 💀

[@jenellkhem1590]

👏🏽👏🏽🤣🤣🤣 exactly! Burn bby! Burrrrrn🔥!

[@America1st69]

Don't worry California will eventually get a large quake and it won't matter anymore

[@theyclosechannelsthatspeak428]

Yup.

[@onthewater4189]

Sorry, but this fire was not in LA.

[@mikemorris1760]

Meanwhile somewhere in the Berkeley hills of the East Bay there’s a herd of goats happily eating the underbrush.

[@thekeith-donovanexperience]

Watching from Stromsburg, NE

[@JoAnnValenzuela920]

Was this on the Sabbath?

[@licia2021]

Shows Everything in this life is temporary

[@lwkee7143]

This is a shame , & to say this the forecast for months years😬 & the water shortage, I dont get it you are near the ocean , climate change is real lets help mitigate these fires & prevent this

[@hayeon1e773]

Oh so thats why I saw plumes of smoke yesterday…

[@colleb95]

Lot for sale. Already has a pool! 🤷🏻‍♀

[@Sarcastic_Asmodeus]

Just really heart wrenching watching these beautiful twelve bedroom mansions instantly disappearing in a fiery blaze. I pray that god helps these poor people in this dire situation. Maybe we can open a go fund me? 🙏🙏🙏

[@sucks2bthem]

💅

[@CarlosfVilchez]

The sarcasm 😂🤦🏻‍♂️

[@theyclosechannelsthatspeak428]

😂

[@Metal0sopher]

Don't worry. You'll end up paying for these homes(if you live here) Knowing how rich people operate, because this fire started at a water treatment plant, they will sue the city, guarantee they will win because they are rich and have connected high power attorneys, the city will pay 2 to 3 times their home value, money from us, the middle class tax payer. We will end up with the bill for this fire, not them. Keep an eye on this situation in the coming year or two.

[@BestIsntEasy]

🚨🐍🚨 An Ex lived in the area and had several homes. When we last touched, he was planning to leave medicine because of Medicare and other changes. I HOPE HE'S SCREWED OVER ROYALLY IF HE'S STILL TIES TO THE AREA. Another ex that lived somewhere south of Irvine got messed up being a sugar daddy. May the corrupting individuals LEAVE PLANET.

[@ruthaakamonica5602]

A few years ago this fire could have been stopped but we've got too many soldiers of God here now and too many extremely sick men who get off watching women die

[@antonimonti355]

The loss of life is tragic....but the oligarchs that lost these homes will be just fine....

[@albertramirez797]

I hope the families are okay but I don't feel bad for them they got money and they probably have another home somewhere

[@EricK-tb2dn]

You never know, as human being we all tend to live just outside our means for that status/lifestyle. My best friend grew up the brokerst family in a.rich neighborhood because his parents wanted him to go to the best schools.

[@michaelrubio7070]

True that

[@annadomino2294]

California fire Department has a let it burn policy. That's how that fire got out of control

[@Nine-Signs]

over the next several years? you will be experiencing this forever, worsening day by day.

[@maxsmith695]

Depends, this was a little fire, very easy to control. They never called in for extra engines until it was too late.

[@daveycody]

Do you have homeowner permission to be there? Think about it!

[@dutchweir2404]

Well thank god they were mansions and not poor people homes.

[@jesseplz]

a good overall perspective at 3:37

[@aprilvojtek8007]

Oh yeah he about to turn off the water there will be no rain it’s going to get a lot hotter we are living in the last days he talking about recovery for years to come ppl we might not have another decade on this earth they still live in denial

[@groverkaduku9945]

Build in stupid locations, win stupid prizes.

[@netstarr77]

I should be a fire assessment development manager. They could have had way better fire suppression equipment on site. From "Water Wall Nozzles to Pop up Extinguishers, Fire Monitor nozzles. Plenty.

[@CliffnDonChappellDuncan]

Shouldn't build in these areas....

[@markriche1594]

😒I once did a " job" on MIKE TYSONS 10 MILLION DOLLAR HOUSE on the LEFT @vegas Valley headed 2 lake Mead the castle looking 1 , And again SAD it's EMPTY too

[@ruthaakamonica5602]

And it really just exploded

[@omega3051]

I'd still buy that burnt home,look at that view!

[@karenlynnrivercityparanormal]

Funny how all the beautiful homes are burnt and yet all the tree's and greenery around them aren't even scorched!!! How does that happen?

[@onthewater4189]

For the reason you are not a rotting liquid mess.

[@karenlynnrivercityparanormal]

@@onthewater4189 Wth is that supposed to mean? That response makes no sense.

[@darbabe7490]

Good observation. Makes you think, why these homes? What is in their line of site? What else is happening in the world right now? ❤️⚔️🌟

[@robertbrame9052]

Directed energy weapons again. Forensic Arborist speaking. Everything the media says is a lie and I'll mop the floor with any fire captain or Marshall.

[@karenlynnrivercityparanormal]

@@robertbrame9052 My thoughts exactly, Robert. THANK YOU for validating what I was thinking!!!

[@anyonename8067]

How can climate change affect the fire of these houses? Seems like arson

[@paulmezhir8354]

Too bad, so sad. These are simply material possessions. Im certain the owners of these homes have other residences to decamp to.

[@maureencanty3350]

Ridiculous size

[@lamasteve6905]

Fire Department shut it down !

[@ruthaakamonica5602]

I hate listening to a really good liar on his best behavior

[@jeanetteschock4744]

I left California and I know the more they developed the less water.

[@scottnowlin1692]

The news media reminds me of DON HENLEY SONG DIRTY LAUNDRY

[@joecantero3469]

You got insurance you'll lie about, how much your homes. Are worth and come out ahead.

[@Kloutkulture]

One of these homes was mine unfortunately 😢

[@tamerawhitfield6302]

If you are rich you can rebuild.. next

[@Kloutkulture]

@@tamerawhitfield6302 I’m not rich unfortunately. It was a house passed down from my Gma. I lost both my dogs too in that fire. It’s really tough right now.

[@CRFSUIGENERIS]

@@Kloutkulture Sincerely sorry for your loss! :( Also, I hope this helps… Please warn your neighbors. Unsure if the public can access the rubble, but I saw a strange post (almost intelligible due to Ebonics) saying they might loot/rummage through that place for anything valuable left in the debris overnight. I reported it so it would be taken down. Others were posting that they would join in. Whether it was a joke or not, it’s awful some people feel entitled to taking people’s stuff. Rich or not. Highly immoral.

[@ExtremeForever]

Crime free neighborhood, but not never free from mother nature.

[@prideofdurham4776]

Insurance.No problem for their millionaire owners who will have 2/3 other homes.