Some heartbreaking stories from car collectors as a result of the recent California wildfires, pales into insignificance against the loss of human and animal life but it’s a sad sight nonetheless.
Example Story
Scott Birdsall and his wife were asleep in their Santa Rosa home when the fire started. They awoke not to the sounds of sirens or banging on their door, but to the wailing of 80-mph winds that rattled the windows and shook the cars parked out front.
The blaze was less than a block from their house when Birdsall and his family fled. When Birdsall returned days later, like so many other Coffey Park residents, he found his home and belongings reduced to ash and rubble.
Among the detritus was his fleet of vintage cars. Birdsall, the owner of hot-rod shop Chuckles Garage, shared photos on his garage’s Instagram page of the cars before the fire, and after. The post-fire images show heaps of crunched steel, stained a fuzzy reddish-brown and melted beyond recognition.
Residents flee Rincon Valley because of Tubbs Fire with antique vehicles
Here you can see the video
Car collector shows before and after photographs of his destroyed collection following California’s deadliest wildfire in history
Reduced to ashes: Classic cars burned in California fires add to the devastation
Ahem, sad sight nonetheless….just sayin’
Thanks, duly corrected 🙂