Wildfire refugee Rod McGuire sat alone at the far end of the evacuation center, trying not to cry.
One of thousands to flee California's Oak Fire near Yosemite National Park, McGuire, a 57-year-old auto mechanic, escaped from the Sierra Nevada foothills with his life but lost his house, consumed by the largest wildfire to burn in the state this year.
The fire was moving northward into the Sierra National Forest, no longer in the direction of Yosemite, some 10 miles to the east. A grove of Yosemite's giant, ancient sequoia trees appeared safe, though it had been threatened by a wildfire weeks ago. The shelter also feeds about 100 people, said Red Cross spokeswoman Taylor Poisall. A pet shelter on the premises houses about 140 animals.McGuire said he was at work at a mechanic shop on Friday when he saw flames and a plume of smoke shortly before 4 p.m. that seemed to be coming from his neighborhood."Dear God, please don't take my house," he prayed out loud in comments recorded on a video he shot as the flames leaped closer. "Please pray. Please pray. Please pray.
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