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GoFundMe becomes a repository of harrowing stories and relief as wildfires burn

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A barrage of GoFundMe campaigns for wildfire victims have become an outlet for onlookers transfixed by the blazes and eager to do something to help.

The appeals for help are personalizing a tragedy too big to comprehend.

"I feel connected in a strange way to all these people that I don’t know," one woman says.

John Dent created a GoFundMe page for his cousin’s family, who lost their home in Altadena , California .

His relatives had initially rebuffed the idea of the fundraiser but were left in tears by the response of more than $22,000 so far.

“These are often people that have no clue who they are.”.