husk

For weeks, the bench has stood in open view amid the chimneys, water heaters and husks of cars, the remnants of this nightmare.

That afternoon, when he took in the smoking husk of Pasadena Unified’s landmark middle school, it was all too much to bear.

Earlier in the week, another crew extracted a lithium-ion battery from the husk of a Tesla sedan next door.

In Malibu, smoke mingled with fog along the coast as television news crews began surveying the damage, broadcasting burned-out stretches of the iconic coastline and husks of beloved restaurants like Gladstones, Moonshadows and Reel Inn.

The charred husk of an artificial Christmas tree smoldered in the aftermath of the fire, ashes coating the tiled floor as flames still licked at the scorched ceiling.