The wildfires in Southern California are still burning, but throughout the tragedy, there have been many stories shared of people displaying great bravery and kindness as they work to help others in the midst of devastation.
Here is a look at a few stories of people going out of their way to help neighbors, animals and the elderly.
Firefighter hops fence to save horse
An NBC reporter captured one firefighter who hopped over a fence earlier in the week in order to save a horse from the approaching flames.
The firefighter made sure the horse was placed in a safe area away from the fires and any other dangers.
A group of neighbors stays behind to evacuate a senior center
On Tuesday night, as people were evacuating in Pacific Palisades, a group of people saw that a local senior center needed help evacuating patients, per the New York Post.
A group of men gathered to help move patients to a nearby parking lot where they could be picked up for transport. Some of the patients had to be carried out of the facility.
There were around 90 patients who were evacuated.
Eddie de Ferrari and his brother-in-law Ray Moore were among those who jumped in and helped with the evacuation.
“The winds were very strong and debris was flying around us,” de Ferrari said, according to the New York Post. “The air was very smoky; most of the workers and the patients had a lot of problems breathing.”
The senior center burned down overnight.
A Canadian firefighter helps save neighborhood homes
A firefighter from Winnipeg, Canada, who was visiting his girlfriend in California, found himself in the middle of the wildfires when the flames threatened the neighborhood where he was staying, per CBC.
Romeo Petit and his girlfriend were out with friends Tuesday night when they heard the home they were staying in was threatened by the Eaton fire.
According to CBC, by the time they returned to the house, the fire was moving quickly into the area, so they packed up important items and took them to a safe location. Petit and his girlfriend then returned to the neighborhood to help others.
The two of them and another friend soon found garden hoses and started putting out hotspots. They then discovered a neighbor’s house was on fire.
“I said, well, let’s see if we can put some water on the part that didn’t have the fire on it,” Petit said, according to CBC.
They doused multiple houses with water and fought as long as they could before turning on the sprinklers and fleeing for safety.
As of late Wednesday, the houses that Petit fought to save were still standing, per CBC.
“Romeo is a hero,” said Karen Freeburg, a neighbor whose house Petit helped save, per CBC. “Who knew that my friend … would have a house guest who cared enough to come up there and save her house, and then look at all the neighbours' houses, too?”
Jamie Lee Curtis pledges $1 million to help with relief
On Thursday, actor Jamie Lee Curtis posted on Instagram, pledging to donate $1 million toward relief efforts for the California wildfires.
Curtis is known for movies such as “Halloween,” “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and “Freaky Friday.”
“As the fire still rages on and @calfire @losangelesfiredepartment and all the available first responders and agencies involved in fighting fire and saving lives are still hard at work and neighbors and friends are banding together to save each other, my husband and I and our children have pledged $1 million from our Family Foundation to start a fund of support for our great city and state and the great people who live and love there,” the actor wrote on Instagram.