2 blazes are still raging in the mountains

While thousands of neighbors fled the burning mountains around him, Scott Garrett ignored a mandatory evacuation order to try to save his 6,000-square-foot home on a hillside west of Lake Arrowhead. Inside: a stash of movie memorabilia, including a large winged angel statue from the Ben Affleck movie "Daredevil" and a costume from "Planet of the Apes."

By Louis Sahagun, Maeve Reston and Christopher Goffard

October 24, 2007