A man is searching for the owners of two wedding albums found in the fire-ravaged areas of Santa Rosa, California.
George Roy was helping to restore cellphone service off Piner Road on Friday near a site where houses were burned down when he came across the photos.
Roy told FOX40 that two different albums from two different weddings were sitting in a pile of junk in a dumpster.
A man is searching for the owners of two different albums from two different weddings (left and right) that he found in the fire-ravaged areas of Santa Rosa, California
George Roy was helping to restore cellphone service off Piner Road on Friday near a site where houses were burned down when he came across the photos
‘I just happened to glance over and just see this in the dumpster, and I was like: “That looks a little too nice to be in a dumpster”,’ Roy (pictured) said
‘I just happened to glance over and just see this in the dumpster, and I was like: “That looks a little too nice to be in a dumpster”,’ Roy told the news station.
The albums were in good shape, with the exception of some water damage from recent rain. Roy aired them all out to restore them to as pristine condition as possible.
‘The way I saw it is, you know, they lost everything in the fire,’ Roy said. ‘If they can get one thing back then, you know, why not?’
Roy took pictures of some of the photos in the albums and posted them to Facebook.
He wrote: ‘FOUND ITEM: Kind of a long shot, but I found this couples wedding photo binders, there is two different binders, in Santa Rosa area Near some houses that were destroyed due to the recent fires. If this is yours or you know whose it belongs to let me know. (Gotta verify names and marriage dates).’
The albums were in good shape, with the exception of some water damage from recent rain. Roy aired them all out to restore them to as pristine condition as possible
Roy has leads on the identity of the one of the couples, but the couple in the album above remains a mystery
Roy took pictures of some of the photos in the albums and posted them to Facebook in hopes that someone can help identify the owners
Santa Rosa lost 3,000 homes in the California wildfires that raged for 10 days (pictured, October 9). Cleaning the debris alone could last into early 2018, and officials estimate that losses amount to $1billion just within the city limits
Roy says that he has gotten leads on who one of the couples might be, but the other remains a mystery. He says he’s keeping the albums with him at all times until he finds the owners.
‘With all the negative in their life right now, I’m sure something small like this will like put a smile to their face,’ he said.
Santa Rosa and its neighbor to the southeast, Sonoma, spent 10 days ablaze as devastating wildfires tore through California wine country in early October.
The city lost 3,000 homes, the majority of them being single-family homes, as well as dozens of city blocks, reported the Los Angeles Times.
Cleaning the debris alone could last into early 2018, and officials estimate that losses amount to $1billion just within the city limits.