(KRON) -- As of this afternoon, tens of thousands of people are under evacuation orders because of the fires in Southern California. KRON4 has been talking with residents today who are still unable to get back to their homes. People have made their way to the Bay Area because of the bad air quality in Los Angeles -- others thankful to still have their homes standing and one couple whose family home was destroyed. Electrical tower eyed as possible cause of deadly Eaton Fire in Los Angeles area: reports Over the weekend, some people who had to be evacuated from their neighborhoods in Southern California were given the green light to go back to their homes. However, many have been advised to stay away from areas like the Palisades and Altadena because there are still active fires nearly a week after the first blaze started. One of those families is Talford Thompson’s parents, who evacuated their Altadena home around 2 a.m. Wednesday. “Maybe a block and a half and saw flames and wasn’t expecting to and I quickly turned around and by the time I got back to the home they were already packing up,” Thompson said. Photo of Talford Thompson's family's destroyed home. The Eaton Fire turned their home into this. Everyone in the family got out safely but have been staying at a hotel while they wait to be allowed back into the neighborhood. “Most of us haven’t been able to return to our properties, especially those who were located further north in the foothills, there’s a lot of uncertainty a lot of fear," Thompson said. "Not just the immediate safety, but what their life is going to look like after this.” Thompson has chosen to stay with his family during mandatory evacuations, but others like Dylan Henley chose to leave -- flying to San Francisco to stay with his godmother while the fires rage on. “The Runyon Canyon Fire and that was just a mile away from me and you could see it kind of pouring down the mountain," Henley said. Air quality is extremely poor in Los Angeles, and Henley is waiting for conditions to improve because of a lung condition. Getting the grim updates through the news and social media of what his friends, neighbors and co-workers are going through. Elon Musk donates Cybertrucks to provide LA community with power, Internet amidst wildfire devastation “You see the images and videos on television or online or social media, but nothing can quate capture the essence of how much is gone,” Henley said. California issued a moratorium Friday on insurance companies to prevent them from canceling or not renewing policies in wildfire-impacted areas. Thompson has been staying with his parents to try to help them with filing insurance claims but says the process has been extremely difficult with long wait times and a lot of unknowns. A GoFundMe has been set up to help the Thompson family.