Wildfire Victims' Families Grieve

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Families of wildfire victims mired in grief, questioning what more could have been done

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More than two dozen people have been killed in California 's wildfires.

Survivors of the fires are mired in grief and questions about what more could have been done.

Experts say the fires that swept through the Los Angeles area this month were fast-moving and fierce.

The summer was the warmest on record in California , drying out vegetation that fueled the flames.

The last word she heard her nephew mutter was “help” before she sped to his home, black smoke greeted her when she flung open the door.

Her nephew’s younger brother, 33-year-old Jordan Mitchell , lived at home so he could help care for his brother but was hospitalized with sepsis at the time, unable to do anything.

“I very much told myself, I said, I am my brother's keeper,’ and I’m proud of that," he says.

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