As the Los Angeles wildfires tore through neighborhoods, turning skies red and choking the air with smoke, a police officer was patrolling the edge of an evacuated zone. The fires had already destroyed homes and hillsides. In the haze and silence, a sudden crash caught his attention. Thinking it might be a break-in, he approached with caution. What he found instead was something that stopped him in his tracks. A burned-out sedan sat by the roadside, windows coated in soot.Continue reading…
