Caldor Fire Evacuee Says She Was Forced From Hotel Room To Accommodate Someone Else

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PLACERVILLE (CBS13) — Some radical evacuated from the Caldor Fire portion are going connected their 2nd week seeking different spot to live. One evacuee we spoke to Sunday said she was forced retired of her edifice country to accommodate idiosyncratic else’s reservations.

“At this point, what you got is what you got,” said Melissa Gustafson.

Gustafson is simply a Caldor evacuee present staying with household successful the Bay Area due to the fact that she could not find different edifice country person to the evacuation zone.

“We were told that they had nary vacancies and we were already successful our room, similar ‘I’m not understanding, is determination a mode we could wage immoderate to widen our stay?’ ” she said.

Gustafson and her household of 7 near the Best Western successful Placerville this weekend. She says the measure of respective 100 dollars for her country was paid for by a pistillate down her successful line.

“A woman down maine was Cal Fire and told maine she would instrumentality attraction of my measure for me, and I was conscionable truthful happy!” Gustafson said. “We don’t person anything. What bash you bash erstwhile you person nothing?”

On the aforesaid time she was forced further from the occurrence zone, Gustafson besides saw the archetypal pictures of her destroyed home.

“It’s wholly gone,” she said.

Everything wrong appeared lost.

“And my husband’s ma and dad’s ashes,” Gustafson said.

Hotels successful the Placerville country confirmed they are astatine afloat capacity. A spokesperson astatine the Cary House successful Placerville said up to 90% of their guests are present evacuees.

As tourists cancel stays, immoderate opportunities unfastened for much evacuees.

For Gustafson’s family, the heartbreak of losing everything is present coupled with the hardship of uncovering a spot to stay.

“No, I don’t person a program yet. I’m inactive successful limbo,” she said. “I don’t cognize wherever to start, I don’t cognize wherever to begin.”

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The Red Cross has acceptable up 3 shelters. Two are full. Right now, a 3rd successful El Dorado Hills does person country for evacuees.