John L. Reamer Jr., director of the Bureau of Contract Adminstration, center, and other visitors are reflected in a frame carrying a U.S. flag that was rescued from last year’s Sayre fire at the Oakridge Mobile Home Park in Sylmar. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
The Oakridge Mobile Home Park was devastated by the November 2008 fire: About 500 of its 608 homes were destroyed. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and California Emergency Management Agency officials discussed a $1.5-million grant enabling the city to remove debris from the park. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
A worker with CST Environmenta Inc. cleans up charred remains of the Oakridge park. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
A rose rises from the ashes. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, left, meets with Richard and Judith Resnick, who lost their Oakridge park home in the Sayre fire. “We’re just going to start all over,” Judith Resnick said. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Villaraigosa, center, Yaroslavsky and City Councilman Richard Alarcon, far right, join FEMA members and California Emergency Management Agency officials at a press conference to discuss the $1.5-million grant for debris removal. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Marie Larsen, 70, who lost her Oakridge park home in the Sayre fire, takes a quiet moment. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Oakridge Mobile Home Park once housed a close-knit community, but its former residents are now scattered. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
