Corona Islamic center opens doors to Canyon fire evacuees

As Ahsan Baseer drove home from work Monday night, he saw the towering column of black smoke looming over the hills of Corona as the Canyon Fire gobbled up acre after acre of brush and land near his neighborhood.
“It was frightening to see,” Baseer said Tuesday morning. “I could see it from the 60 (Freeway.)”
However, he knew his home was safe and just outside the evacuation area south of Green River Road near Serfas Club Drive and his thoughts quickly turned to his neigh