Blue Cut fire aftermath
Sarah Choi, 70, stands over the charred remains of her home. She and her husband are living in tents after the Blue Cut fire swept through the West Cajon Valley.
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Jong Ku Kim, 75, holds a handful of dried jujube that was damaged by the heat and flames of the Blue Cut fire, which destroyed half of his 1,000 jujube trees.
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Moises Al Mazan walks over the charred remains of his home after the Blue Cut fire ravaged a section of the Phelan community.
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Rosa Barragan, 50, far center, keeps an eye on her son Ismael Sanchez, 17, as he strolls the grounds of their home, which was gutted by flames.
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Sarah Choi, 70, stands on the charred remains of her home and weeps.
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Michael Choi, 74, and his wife Sarah, 70, sit outside a tent that is now home. The Blue Cut fire destroyed the farm and home they were renting on Meadow Lark Lane in the West Cajon Valley.
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