Demolition continues before holiday in Santa Rosa's devastated Coffey Park neighborhood

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (KGO) -- We returned to Coffey Park Tuesday, where demolition has begun in earnest.

Crews have scraped a few lots clear, but plenty of work remains, from picking up thousands of wrecked cars, to carrying away all the charred remnants of what used to be normal suburban life.

Some residents continue to sift.

"What do you hope to find?"

"I don't know."

"Is it possible to be thankful, two days before Thanksgiving?"

"I have my life."

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Can't get over all the cars, or the slightly warped, plastic picket fence.

It will all be gone, soon.

How long until the first Christmas decorations appear?

You know it will happen.

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