But for horses — animals born and bred to run — the death toll has been staggering. Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times Virginia Padilla surveys her Padilla Ranch on Little Tujunga Road where 29 horses perished in Creek Fire. Virginia Padilla surveys her Padilla Ranch on Little Tujunga Road where 29 horses perished in Creek Fire. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)As walls of flame approached on Tuesday, Padilla family members said, a fire crew ordered them to flee immediately. “All I could think about was the horses, the horses, the horses.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 09, 2017 13:00 UTC