Firefighters from San Diego gave first-hand accounts of the devastation left behind by mud and rock slides in Montecito last week.
Part of the Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 8 received the call last Wednesday to head north with a K-9 team made up of five firefighters and two search dogs.
Their mission was to find anyone who may still be alive under the mud, rocks and debris.
“I’ve been on fires before, I've seen structures burn, it's always shocking to see, but this was -- we took a bunch of pictures and it's still hard to describe.” Heartland Fire Department Captain Matt Kirk, Stella's handler, said.