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A live broadcast from KTLA reporter Chip Yost on Jan. 8 confirmed this rumor was false and that the video users shared on X did not show looters. Yost’s report documented the same people pictured in the clip on X, identifying them as a group of family members and their friends who banded together to remove items from partially burned home occupied a woman, her three children, dogs and other animals. […]
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Channel 5’s coverage highlights a group of people who ignored the evacuation orders to save the homes in their community. It’s a sad video but that part speaks to your point
People need to stop glorifying those who ignore evacuation orders and get lucky. For all those you hear about getting lucky there’s a bunch that cause issues, get in the way, and take resources away from fighting the fires.
I am not glorifying them. I was showing an example of comraderie in the face of tragedy.