The owner of the Southern California bar where 12 people were killed last week is unsure if he will reopen the establishment in the aftermath of the shooting as well as the wildfires ravaging the area.

Brian Hynes, the owner of The Borderline Bar & Grill, told CNN Monday that he's waiting to go back to the bar before he makes a decision.

"With what Borderline is to ... my community, I don't know if (reopening) is going to feel right," he explained.

"But once I stand inside that building, it's going to be like going to my childhood home, and I'll know. I'll know then."

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Hynes also noted that the area fires have changed his priorities.

"There's no way I'm not going to reopen out of fear or anything like that," Hynes said. "If it works, we will definitely reopen, but right now ... with the fires going on in our same community ... I'm trying to get people back in their home beds, with their pets and their families."

A dozen people were killed when a man opened fire at the popular Los Angeles area bar on the night of Nov. 7.

The suspected killer, identified as 28-year-old Ian David Long, is believed to have taken his own life.

California has been ravaged by wildfires, including two fires that broke out just a few miles from the establishment.