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Watch: Man’s Escape From Apocalypse-Like California Inferno Caught On Camera
One family narrowly escaped raging wildfires burning everything around their California home.
A YouTube user with the handle mulletFive posted shocking video documenting the dangerous journey he and his family took after leaving their home in Anderson Springs. He said they should have left earlier than they did.
“Evacuate early, even if nobody tells you to. As I said in other replies, we got no phone call, there were no sirens, no ash falling, no smoke, no air support,” mulletFive said in a post with the video.
The family thought the fire was still far away, but it was actually very close to their home. Part of the confusion occurred because wildfires are common in that area and it is difficult to determine which ones are truly threatening, mulletFive explained.
“It is hard to do when you live in a rural area and wildfires are just a part of life, you get used to seeing smoke way up in the sky occasionally. I don’t think we will make this mistake again!” he said.
Warning: Video contains strong language that may be objectionable to some viewers.
Other residents said they also had a difficult time escaping.
“We just came on down. I mean, we couldn’t stay there, that’s for sure,” resident Joyce Reim told a local television station. “We were stuck in the middle of the fire for a while and couldn’t go either way.”
The Valley Fire outside of Middleton, Calif., has killed one person as of this writing and now covers more than 50,000 acres. More than 400 homes have been burned in the blaze.
Authorities said more than 1,000 firefighters are working the fire; four were injured over the weekend.
There have been mandatory evacuations for residents in Middleton, Harbin Hot Springs and Big Canyon Road. Five thousand other residents are living without power, according to fire officials.
Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency in Lake and Napa Counties. The move allows for debris removal and aid for victims left without homes or possessions because of the blaze.
Source: http://www.westernjournalism.com/watch-mans-escape-from-apocalypse-like-california-inferno-caught-on-camera/
