Altadena residents return home to survey 'apocalypse' after fire

A blackened swimming pool and a chimney were all that remained when Oren Waters returned home Thursday to assess what remained of his home of 50 years on the outskirts of Los Angeles.

"This looks like the apocalypse, to be honest with you, it just doesn't feel like the normal things that happen in your life," the 74-year-old singer, whose voice appears in Michael Jackson's album "Thriller," told AFP.

"It's unimaginable," he said through a protective mask, as a few embers burned on the ground.