Soldiers from the California National Guard’s 1114th Composite Transportation Company help a 90-year-old woman climb up a ladder and into the back of their light medium tactical vehicle (LMTV) after evacuating the woman from her Montecito, Calif., neighborhood to a centralized drop-off point, Jan. 11, 2018. Massive mudslides left the community in ruins after soil-stabilizing vegetation was destroyed by the Thomas Fire. Heavy rains followed the blaze and caused mudslides that destroyed 73 buildings, damaged 466 buildings and killed at least 17 people. California National Guard photo by SrA Crystal Housman

Soldiers from the California National Guard’s 1114th Composite Transportation Company help a 90-year-old woman climb up a ladder and into the back of their light medium tactical vehicle (LMTV) after evacuating the woman from her Montecito, Calif., neighborhood to a centralized drop-off point, Jan. 11, 2018. Massive mudslides left the community in ruins after soil-stabilizing vegetation was destroyed by the Thomas Fire. Heavy rains followed the blaze and caused mudslides that destroyed 73 buildings, damaged 466 buildings and killed at least 17 people. California National Guard photo by SrA Crystal Housman

Soldiers from the California National Guard’s 1114th Composite Transportation Company help a 90-year-old woman climb up a ladder and into the back of their light medium tactical vehicle (LMTV) after evacuating the woman from her Montecito, Calif., neighborhood to a centralized drop-off point, Jan. 11, 2018. Massive mudslides left the community in ruins after soil-stabilizing vegetation was destroyed by the Thomas Fire. Heavy rains followed the blaze and caused mudslides that destroyed 73 buildings, damaged 466 buildings and killed at least 17 people. California National Guard photo by SrA Crystal Housman

Soldiers from the California National Guard’s 1114th Composite Transportation Company help a 90-year-old woman climb up a ladder and into the back of their light medium tactical vehicle (LMTV) after evacuating the woman from her Montecito, Calif., neighborhood to a centralized drop-off point, Jan. 11, 2018. Massive mudslides left the community in ruins after soil-stabilizing vegetation was destroyed by the Thomas Fire. Heavy rains followed the blaze and caused mudslides that destroyed 73 buildings, damaged 466 buildings and killed at least 17 people. California National Guard photo by SrA Crystal Housman

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