ALTADENA, Calif. (KABC) -- ABC7's annual Spark of Love campaign is taking on a new meaning this year as families continue to rebuild after the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles.

Many families had just celebrated the holidays when their lives changed forever, but Jenny Martinez, who lost her Altadena home in the Eaton Fire, is healing by giving back.

The night of the fire, Martinez and her family fled their home with just a few possessions, but thought they would be able to return.

"There's been fires over here before ... never came down so far south," she said. "We didn't get a warning to get out so we just self-evacuated."

The wind-fueled flames leveled their home and destroyed everything, including irreplaceable family photographs.

"The pictures are what I keep dwelling on," s

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