Christie Williams saw her worst fears unfold on television as she watched her Shangri-la Ranch in Ramona go up in flames.

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Are any of these banks in real trouble if their European counter parts go up in flames, or is this an overdone sell-off?

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From the art center he helped to create in South-Central Los Angeles, at the base of Simon Rodia's famous Watts Towers landmark art assembly, Noah Purifoy saw his neighborhood go up in flames.

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Sure, there's a primal response to seeing something go up in flames, but it has about as much to do with the day-to-day ordeal of being a human being as that uncomfortable feeling you get when you have to pee and there's no toilet nearby.

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This one could go big or up in flames.

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