california_residents_ignore_fire_evacuation_orders
13 Sep 2004
CRESTLINE, Calif. - As wildfires ravaged the mountains east of Los Angeles last fall, not everyone joined the tens of thousands of evacuees who fled clutching pets, photos and heirlooms.

Scores of residents ignored mandatory evacuation orders so they could defend their homes, while dozens of others looted, watched the fires or just meandered around this and other pine-studded hamlets.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=519&e=13&u=/ap/20040913/ap_on_re_us/wildfire_evacuations_1
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everything is lost and nothing gained his dog died in the fire, that was the saddest part. 080513
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