LA Fire Survivors Return Treasured Items

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

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

Some residents of Altadena , California , 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.

Searching through the remnants of his old tools - from a power saw to antique hand tools - Mr Michell said material things can be replaced. "I can get another one of these. So I mean, as much as I love this saw and I spent hours making cool stuff on it. It can be replaced. It's it's now in Valhalla ." Nearby, his neighbour Tavia Weinmann sifted through charred coins to find two pearls belonging to her mother's necklace. With reporting in Los Angeles from Christal Heyes , Kelly Chase , Helena Humphrey and John Sudworth .