(Right to left) Victoria Lacagnina and Erin Leon carry a bag of shavings inside the stable located at Pierce College, on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, in Woodland Hills, Calif. Photo by Kevin
Evacuees from the Breezy Meadow Stables in Chatsworth have breakfast and coffee at the Pierce College Equestrian Center, on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, in Woodland Hills, Calif. Coming from the same barn, they all took their horses with them and evacuated to Pierce before sunrise during the Saddleridge Fire. Photo by Kevin Lendio.
Chickens were also evacuated to the Equestrian Center during the Saddle Ridge Fire. Photo by Katya Castillo.
Standing by the door in a brown jacket, Victoria Lacagnina looks at a stack of hay getting discharged from the truck on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, at the Pierce College farm in Woodland Hills, Calif. That morning, Lacagnina evacuated with her 21 horses from a stable in Simi Valley during the Saddleridge Fire. (Photo by Kevin Lendio)
A miniature horse rolls on the ground at the Equestrian Center. Animals from the San Fernando alley were evacuated to Pierce because of the Saddle Ridge Fire. Photo by Katya Castillo.
A stallion is kept away from the tame horses at the Pierce College Equestrian Center in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Oct. 11, 2019. Photo by Benjamin Hanson.
Gerardo Bacerra leads evacuated horse to Pierce College’s Large Animal Evacuation Center at the Equestrian Center in Woodland Hills, Calif. due to the Saddleridge Fire on Oct. 11, 2019. Photo by Cecilia Parada.
Center, Pierce College President Alexis S. Montevirgen looks at Shelter Manager Megan Silveira (in orange vest) during a discussion about the status of evacuation activities on campus, on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, in Woodland Hills, Calif. Along with them are (left to right) Doreen Clay and Sheriff Bill Gruytch. (Photo by Kevin Lendio)
Sugey Corona leans to a metal fence at Pierce College farm after an evacuation with her 6 horses on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, in Woodland Hills, Calif. (Photo by Kevin Lendio)
On the right, Jessa Osusky covers the nose of her daughter Luna with a bandana, carried by her husband Greg, under the shade of a stable at Pierce College farm, on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, in Woodland Hills, Calif. The Osusky family is among the evacuees who took their horses with them to seek shelter at Pierce during the Saddleridge Fire. (Photo by Kevin Lendio)
On the right, Jessa Osusky inserts pacifier to her daughter Luna, carried by her husband Greg, under the shade of a stable at Pierce College farm, on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, in Woodland Hills, Calif. The Osusky family is among the evacuees who took their horses with them to seek shelter at Pierce during the Saddleridge Fire. (Photo by Kevin Lendio)
(Left to right) Tyler Burzinski, Hethar Ashasian, Lori Iacobellis, and Lee Allison takes their breakfast and coffee at Pierce College farm, on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, in Woodland Hills Calif. Burzinski, Ashasian, Iacobellis and Allison came from the same barn and evauated with their horses to Pierce before sunrise during the Saddlerdige Fire. (Photo by Kevin Lendio)
On the left, Hethar Ashasian points to a receipt on Lee Allison’s (lady in pink hat) hands, while Lori Iacobellis (center) sits on the bench at the Pierce College farm, on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, in Woodland Hills, Calif. Ashasian, Allison, and Iacobellis came from the same barn and evacuated with their horses to Pierce since 5:30AM during the Saddleridge Fire.
Erin Leon carries a bag of shavings which she brought for her horses that arrived to seek shelter at Pierce College farm, on Friday, Oct. 11, 20019, in Woodland Hills, Calif. (Photo by Kevin Lendio)
On the left, Pierce College President Alexis S. Montevirgen looks at Sheriff Bill Gruytch during a discussion about the status of evacuation activities on campus, on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, in Woodland Hills, Calif. (Photo by Kevin Lendio)
President Alexis Montevirgen talks to Officer Hugh from Los Angeles County’s Animal Care and Control at Pierce College’s Large Animal Evacuation Center at the Equestrian Center in Woodland Hills, Calif. due to the Saddleridge Fire on Oct. 11, 2019. Photo by Cecilia Parada.
Vice President of Student Services Earic Dixon-Peters speak to a phone while walking from his car wearing a mask to work, on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, in Woodland Hills, Calif. Despite the announcement of closing the campus due to the Saddleridge Fire, Dixon-Peters still went his way and said, “I just want to make sure that everything is in shape.” (Photo by Kevin Lendio)
Smogs are seen floating on the horizon at Pierce College during the Saddleridge Fire, on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, in Woodland Hills, Calif. The school admininstration announced the premises to close during the weekend. (Photo by Kevin Lendio)
Saddleridge FIres cause a campus closure and an empty PIerce College Mall in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Oct. 11, 2019. (Photo/Benjamin Hanson)
Pierce College’s Large Animal Evacuation Center was opened at the Equestrian Center in Woodland Hills, Calif. due to the Saddleridge Fire on Oct. 11, 2019. Photo by Cecilia Parada.
Steven Jara-Cooper wears mask as he and other agricultural students begin to build pens for evacuated horses at Pierce College’s Large Animal Evacuation Center in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Oct. 11, 2019. Photo by Cecilia Parada.
Gerardo Bacerra leads evacuated horse to Pierce College’s Large Animal Evacuation Center at the Equestrian Center in Woodland Hills, Calif. due to the Saddleridge Fire on Oct. 11, 2019. Photo by Cecilia Parada.
Sasha Corona feeds Pecas who was evacuated to Pierce College’s Large Animal Evacuation Center at the Equestrian Center in Woodland Hills, Calif. due to the Saddleridge Fire on Oct. 11, 2019. Photo by Cecilia Parada.
A horse peeks around at the barn in the Equestrian Center in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Oct, 11, 2019. (Photo/Benjamin Hanson)
Eli Jordan walks his horse at the Pierce College Equestrian Center on Frday, Oct. 11, 2019, in Woodland Hills, Calif. Jordan evacuated from Porter Ranch along with her wife and their 4 horses due to the Saddleridge Fire. (Photo by Kevin Lendio)
Makenna Kellogg tags horse evacuated to Pierce College’s Large Animal Evacuation Center at the Equestrian Center in Woodland Hills, Calif. due to the Saddleridge Fire on Oct. 11, 2019. Photo by Cecilia Parada.
Chickens in a cage at the Equestrian Center in Woodland HIlls, Ca. on Oct. 11, 2019. (Photo/Benjamin Hanson)
A chicken in a cage at the Equestrian Center in Woodland HIlls, Ca. on Oct. 11, 2019. (Photo/Benjamin Hanson)
Chickens were also brought to Pierce College’s Large Animal Evacuation Center at the Equestrian Center in Woodland Hills, Calif. due to the Saddleridge Fire on Oct. 11, 2019. Photo by Cecilia Parada.
Dogs of an evacuee look out the window inside a parked car at Pierce College farm, on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, in Woodland Hills, Calif. (Photo by Kevin Lendio)
The Saddle Ridge Fire forced residents and their pets out of their homes and into the stables at Pierce College last weekend. Horses, donkeys, ducks and chickens from farms in Porter Ranch and Granada Hills found safety at the Equestrian Center, where Los Angeles County Animal Control, Emergency Response Team and volunteers gave the animals food, water and shelter. Animals arrived as early as 6 a.m. and stayed until evacuation orders were lifted the following day. The Equestrian Center filled quickly and housed about 150 horses, along with several other animals.
