Kimiko Nickerson said her father Rodney insisted on staying in their family home that he purchased in 1968 for $5.

The couple had just moved into their dream home and were preparing to sell their fixer-upper in Altadena's Janes Village. Fire destroyed both homes.

Five people have died in the Eaton Fire burning northeast of Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. The identities and circumstances of their deaths have not been disclosed.

A fire broke out Tuesday night in the hills above Altadena near Eaton Canyon, prompting a response from firefighters. The Eaton fire has burned 10,600 acres and prompted evacuations in the area west of the Eaton Canyon Golf Course, according to the U.S. Forest Service.

The wildfire in northeast Los Angeles County which killed at least five people left behind widespread destruction. One woman recounts losing her home in the Eaton Fire, and so much else across the broader local community,

Hundreds of evacuees from the devastating Eaton fire gathered in hallways of the Pasadena Convention Center on Wednesday, Jan. 8, amid gray, smoky skies, while ash rained down outside of the glass doors.