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Some have hired professional remediation firms while others are throwing out damaged toys and furniture, scrubbing walls and hosing down playground equipment themselves in the hopes of being able to welcome children back.

In Los Angeles County, local news showed those near the Hughes fire hosing down their homes and yards with water and others rushing to evacuate neighbourhoods.

Over time, they made progress, hosing off embers and spot fires.

It was a life’s work, and Lubanski stood outside the building hosing it down until the building next door caught fire.

He kept hosing: “I could see progress from the helicopters.”