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Woman Who Lost Her Home Due To Woolsey Fire Speaks To KCLU

Hundreds of people in Ventura and Los Angeles counties have lost their homes due to the ferocious Woolsey Fire. 

Westlake Village resident Karen Anzalone said she was one of the victims. She lived with her son and mother in a mobile home park on Sherwood Drive, but the Woolsey Fire has reduced her home and the rest of her street to rubble.

“You just never think it’s going to happen to you,” she said.

Anzalone said she’ll miss some of her sentimental items.

“The hard thing is I have antiques for 40 years, so they’re all gone,” she said.

Anzalone was out of town when the area was evacuated and told her son not to take anything.

“I was more concerned about him getting my mom out of there. The safety of people is first. Your jewelry and things don’t matter as much,” she said.

Anazlone said the most important thing is that she and her family are alive.

"You have to put one foot in front of the other and move forward. It’s just things. That’s what you have to remind yourself," she said.