NEWS Just hours ago, a tremendous fir
Night of Panic
“Panic hit like a blade to the throat” as sirens “ripped through the night.”
The sky burned orange, smoke hid the stars,
and officials said it was “under control,” though “no one believed them.”
A City Unraveling
Power failed, cell towers went silent, and families clung together. Buildings warped,
“glass liquefied and slid like rain,” and the skyline “didn’t collapse — it dissolved.”
Numbers were announced, but “numbers meant nothing in the dark.”
Morning After
By dawn, the fire “smoldered.” Streets lay in ash, cars abandoned, and people moved quietly,
counting “who made it out. Who didn’t.”
Shelters filled, volunteers stepped in, and neighbors helped strangers.
What Remained
The fire took “steel and stone,” but “it had not taken compassion.”
From ruins rose proof that “community can still rise from the smoke.”
