Residents bypass road blocks to get home

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Santa Clarita:

In Westridge, a new residential community a half-mile south of Magic Mountain, authorities set up road blocks late Monday afternoon to prevent homeowners from driving into the flames. But many defied them by simply parking their cars and walking up to their homes.

‘I’ve been here three-and-a-half years and this is the second fire I’ve seen,’ said Ron Stahlberg. ‘My car is down at the shopping center. They wouldn’t let me bring it up here. I’m not about to get out. I don’t think it’s going to come over the ridge.’

-- Richard Winton