Seeking refuge at church

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Leslie Shannon, speaking by telephone from the rectory of St. Catherine of Alexandria Church in Avalon, said she was ordered out of her condo so she went to the church for safety. The building and courtyard are filling up with people, she said.

‘We came over to the church because it was a place to go. Everybody is leaving their homes.’

‘The fire is moving very quickly toward the town. Every person who can fight the fire is out there fighting it right now.’

The fast-moving flames are being fanned by the wind, which she estimated at 15 to 20 miles an hour.

-Michael Muskal