El Dorado Fire Reduces SoCal Home to Rubble

An airplane drops dampening material on a wildfire in San Bernardino County, Calif., on Sept. 5, 2020. Courtesy of a local photographer on the scene

The raging wildfire ignited by a pyrotechnic device at a gender reveal party in San Bernardino, California, has cost one nearby resident his home and his dog.

Steve Gardner, 59, told The Epoch Times that he lost his home, belongings, truck, and one of his dogs to the inferno when he evacuated the property to save his life.