This Family Heirloom Miraculously Survived California Wildfire

Melissa Johnson : Aug 6, 2018
Christian Headlines

"My only real hope was that I would miraculously find the diamond in the ash." -Jerry Ogle

[ChristianHeadlines.com] After a terrible wildfire is ravaged Northern California, Jerry Ogle's family home burned to the ground. But thanks to some help from above, he made a miraculous discovery amidst all the wreckage. A prized family heirloom survived the Carr Fire! (Images: The ring survived and was found/ via Facebook-Jerry Ogle)

The Carr Fire all began with a "mechanical failure of a vehicle." High winds quickly carried the flames, setting the hot, drought-riddled Northern California landscape ablaze. As the devastating wildfire raged on, mandatory evacuations followed.

The evacuations forced Jerry Ogle and his family out of their home and neighborhood. And when he finally returned, the neighborhood and home where he grew up was nothing but ash and rubble.

But Jerry hadn't come back to survey the damage. He came to look for something...

...He set out to find a treasured family heirloom passed on to him from his late grandfather...

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