An onslaught of additional evacuees seeking shelter from devastating wildfires were expected to pour into Qualcomm Stadium on Tuesday, officials said.
Unlike the experience after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, when evacuees at the NFL arena in New Orleans suffered without food or working toilets, volunteers at Qualcomm were serving breakfast to hungry evacuees lined up across the stadium. The arena boasts 96 restrooms, according to its Web site.
Evacuees spent Monday night sleeping in lines of tents, cots and sleeping bags that dotted the facility. By sunrise Tuesday, hungry evacuees waited to be served breakfast in lines that stretched across the already crowded stadium.
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CNN's Thelma Gutierrez contributed to this report.
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