"These are big fires, tragic, and the impact of these things will last a long time," said Jodi Traversaro, spokeswoman for the state's Office of Emergency Services.
The student lounge remained the fire's tragic center.
The fire's tragic consequences bore most deeply through the heart of an immigrant community laboring for a foothold in New York.
That was a powerful event even more memorable now as Cherushii, who played, passed recently in the Oakland fire, the tragic event that happened a few weeks ago.
A 2012 lightning incident, the resulting house fire and tragic death of a 31-year-old Texan, combined with the resulting civil litigation, seem poised to change how at least one community regulates the flexible pipes that funnel natural gas into American homes.
He called the loss of life in the California fires "truly tragic" and said there were important lessons to be learned for other parts of the world, including Australia.
He said: "The Javelin was fired with tragic and fatal consequences".
They said the fires are "tragic examples of the need to protect local governments' ability to fully fund public safety". San Bernardino County officials said they were working to reopen mountain communities to residents who were evacuated.
Jacqui Morris The cause of the tragic fire at the Philadelphia Zoo on Christmas Eve 1995, the worst zoo fire in U.S. history, was identified as a malfunction in an electrical heat trace cable used to prevent pipes from freezing.
The Rubensteins died early Saturday morning in a tragic fire in their home.
