By Sean Ridgway, TME

In 2025, wildfires continue to threaten communities across California with growing intensity. For most people, the danger remains abstract, a trauma that others go through. For Frazier Park resident Pamela Gomez, the unimaginable became reality on Sunday, June 29, when she received the devastating news that her home had been destroyed in a fire.

Gomez was out of town when she got the call that her house, located at 4401 Irvon Trail in Frazier Park, was gone. Gomez has owned the house for four years. She purchased it with cash received from a wrongful death settlement following a tragic 2017 car accident…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

Photo captions:

Above: The house on Irvon Trail in Frazier Park as it burns on Sunday, June 29, 2025 and what’s left after the fire was put out; Bottom Right: GoFundMe QR Code

To see full stories with photos, please purchase a copy of the newspaper at many locations (click this link for a list) throughout the Mountain Communities.

Or, have your newspaper delivered via mail and include internet access. Just call 661-245-3794. Classified ads are FREE to paid subscribers! See front page at www.mountainenterprise.com for details.

The e-Edition is available now with full photos and stories at The Mountain Enterprise e-Edition. Select the 2025-0704 edition.

(subscriber login required)

This is part of the July 4, 2025 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

Have an opinion on this matter? We'd like to hear from you.