Mobile Home Park Rebounds After Fire
After 10 months, the San Fernando wildfire devoured more than 11,000 acres and destroyed nearly 500 residences, most of them in the Oakridge park. The first new residence has been completed, and the Kessler family has started movig into their brand new manufactured home, a beautiful yellow home with white trim. Of the 600 homes originally in the park, 101 were cleared for residency shortly after the fire and 17 required repairs. Today, 90 homes that sustained little or no fire damage have been reoccupied, said Ginny Harmon, Oakridge’s manager. A total of 130 lots have been cleared in preparation for new structures.
“It’s still a beautiful park,” Adam Kessler said. “And it’s a really nice community. It’s centrally located. It’s close to family. I like the security, the beauty, the people.” He captures mobile home park life in these statements. There is a comeradery found in mobile home parks that can not be duplicated elsewhere.
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