Candy Kessler, left, hugs daughter Deanna Steidl after moving with her husband into their home at the Oakridge Mobile Home Park in Sylmar. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Candy Kessler and Deanna Steidl unpack pictures that the Kesslers took with them when they evacuated their home during last fall’s Sayre fire. Their home was destroyed. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Candy Kessler found this figurine from her childhood in the rubble after the fire. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Candy Kessler reacts after receiving flowers from her husband, Adam, on their move-in day, which was also her 60th birthday. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
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Martin Fuentes, left, and Alex Mata carry furniture into the Kesslers’ home -- a 2,600-square foot, open-plan, three bedroom dwelling. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Adam and Candy Kessler arrive at Oakridge with a U-Haul truck holding many of their belongings. “I’m overwhelmed,” said Adam Kessler, 52, as he readied to unload the moving van. “It’s just a weird feeling coming back. But it’s nice to be home.” (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Firefighters try to save a home in the Oakridge Mobile Home Park, where almost 500 of the park’s 600 homes were destroyed and others were seriously damaged. (Brian Vander Brug / Los Angeles Times)
