Picnic in the park

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Santiago Canyon:

When Julie Ann Treloar, 47, and her three children were evacuated from their home in Santiago Canyon Estates about 3:30 Tuesday afternoon, Treloar drove to a park at the entrance of the development to watch the fire. Before the family sat down to a picnic lunch of barbecue sandwiches, French fries and cole slaw that a neighbor had brought them, Treloar said a prayer:

‘Dear God, we pray you put these fires out and protect our neighbors and pray that they get out in time.’

Treloar said her children, Sterling, 9, Tivoli, 6, and Hudson, 4, hadn’t eaten all day. ‘I thought this was a nice picnic in the park. I wish it were under different circumstances.’

-- Jason Song