PHOTOS: Mudslides hit burn areas
Gary and Diane Stibal survey the mud and debris flow that filled their backyard on Normanton Drive in La Canada Flintridge after an unexpected downpour Thursday night. Six homes were damaged. The Stibals had spent $35,000 on precautionary measures because their backyard faces a hillside denuded by the Station fire. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Crews from the Los Angeles County Public Works Department work to clear mud and debris from the backyards of homes on Earnslow Drive near Ocean View Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Gary Stibal walks through his Normanton Drive home’s backyard, which was filled with mud and debris after a surprise downpour. Los Angeles County firefighters brought in sand bags to help direct any new mud flow away from the house. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Jack Wunderlich shovels mud from under his van in the driveway of his Ocean View Boulevard home. Foothill residents whose homes are below the hillsides denuded in the Station fire fear more mudslides. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Kira Guarino, 15, doesn’t know where to start the cleanup after a surprise downpour triggered a mud and debris flow into the backyard of her family’s home on Ocean View Boulevard. She stayed home from two high school classes to help her mother clean up the mess. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
A Los Angeles County Public Works Department official surveys mud and water damage to a home on Earnslow Drive. No injuries were reported because of the debris and mud flow, but the residents of at least six homes near the top of Ocean View Boulevard voluntarily evacuated. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
