It’s been almost one week since the Coches fire tore through a neighborhood in Lakeside, injuring two people, destroying six homes, and damaging three others.

“Still in shock and grief. It’s upsetting, very extremely to lose your home. It was very nurturing to me,” Sharon Martin said.

Sharon Martin is trying to get her life together after losing everything in the Coches fire.

Martin said a Eucalyptus tree caught fire and exploded down the road, sparking embers that eventually ignited her home.

“Just kind of panicked oh my goodness. What’s going on? Ran outside to grab the hose and see if I could put something out,” Martin said.

The fire didn’t just take her home; it also destroyed belongings that meant the world to her.

“I lost a daughter many years ago and she was a painter, so I ha

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