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'Nobody's dying': A look inside how a senior home evacuated before burning down in LA wildfire

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The Terraces at Park Marino in Pasadena , California , evacuated before burning down in a wildfire.

Staff and residents of the senior citizens home made a desperate escape for their lives.

A three -story wood and stucco building partially covered with ivy, the Terraces nestled in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains .

Four of 15 residents in the Safe Haven wing were in hospice care.

A fire broke out at the Terraces in Pasadena , California , about 6:40 p.m. that night.

Staff draped lanyards around each of the 93 residents down to the lobby.

The dining room had caught fire, and staff rushed out to put out the blaze.

Off-duty staffers began showing up to volunteer.

The Terraces staff set up a makeshift “command center” in the lobby of a hotel just a few miles away.

Baum has vowed that his “ second home” will be rebuilt, and that they will al be together again.

VR Score

74

Informative language

70

Neutral language

74

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

36

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not offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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