Still Saving Souls – Please Pray for Rain –
Nov. 10, 2018 – Even amid the chaos and danger, treatment continues as scheduled at off-site locations for spots like Malibu Hills Treatment Center and Milestones Ranch Malibu. The latter facility has not been damaged by the fire. But an employee says the current blaze is starting to feel like a semi-regular work hazard. “We weren’t under mandatory evacuation during the Ventura Fire of 2017, but our executive director felt that since the winds were really high it would be best to evacuate the clients sooner than later, rather than in the middle of the night,” she says. “Fires throughout the years have happened in Malibu,” she adds. “But it seems it’s more common nowadays with weather patterns changing. Up to two or three years ago it wasn’t such a regular occurrence.” What’s clear, however, is that the full scope of the damage has yet begun to fully come into focus. “It doesn’t look good,” says one employee at Inspire Malibu. “I’ll tell you that much.”
