HARMONY GROVE, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) -- Fires in Los Angeles are creating concerns in the North County community of Harmony Grove, where residents are fighting against a proposed housing development in a designated high fire risk zone. The project would consist of more than 450 homes on a section of that only has one road in and out. For residents like Debbie O’Neill, the potential for disaster is all too real. When the Cocos Fire swept through in May 2014, she said it was terrifying. Public safety power shutoffs resume in San Diego due to fire danger: Here’s where “We packed up our animals and vehicles, and my husband had to retrieve his father, who had dementia, and explain why we had to leave," said O'Neill. The 2014 fire left Harmony Grove residents scrambling to evacuate. O’Neill remembers the chaos of trying to escape on Country Club Drive -- a narrow, two-lane road with no alternate route. “When we left, there were no firefighters or police to help us because the fire came so fast,” she said. “There wasn’t enough time.” Now, O’Neill and others are united in opposition to the new development. They fear adding hundreds of homes—and approximately 3,500 more cars—would create a “death trap” during a wildfire. “We’ll die, and I don’t want to die,” O’Neill said. J.P. Theberge, a member of the Elfin Forest Harmony Grove Town Council, echoed her concerns. “Think of a movie theater filled to the brim with only one exit, and there’s a fire,” Theberge said. “That’s what we’re facing here.” Theberge noted residents have fought against the development in court twice and won. However, the developer, RCS Harmony Partners, is hoping to secure approval from county supervisors by proposing safety measures, including widening Country Club Drive. “The folks here during the Cocos Fire took an hour to evacuate,” Theberge said. “That was with one-sixth the number of cars this development would add.” Opponents argue that without a secondary escape route, the development poses an unacceptable risk. “If this goes forward, everyone needs to know the county board of supervisors was warned this is not a safe development,” O’Neill said. Meanwhile, the Harmony Grove Village South development team issued the following statement: "The recent fire events in Los Angeles are of a seriousness and magnitude that first and foremost require thoughtfulness, sensitivity, caring and compassion from all of us — and we find it disappointing and, quite frankly, offensive that a small group of anti-housing activists here in San Diego are using this tragedy to advance their personal agenda in such an inappropriate and opportunistic way." "We look forward to discussing the project in greater detail when the time is more appropriate; in the meantime, we must reject these scare tactics and continue working together to tackle our county-wide homelessness and housing crisis," the team added in their statement. The board of supervisors is expected to revisit the project in the coming months.