A bowl, a saw, a toy - this is what the victims of LA fires went back to get

Residents of LA's Altadena neighbourhood are picking through the rubble after fires destroyed their homes.

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At least 10 people are dead, and thousands of homes destroyed, after five days of burning.

But as the embers cooled, some residents of Altadena, which was ravaged by the Eaton Fire, returned to see what remained: An artifact from their lives before this disaster. From the rubble, many found small trinkets that brought them smiles and, occasionally, a moment of joy amid the hellish ordeal.

This is what they found.

When Henry Giles, age six, returned to his home in Altadena with his parents, he knew exactly where to look.

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