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My neighbour went back this afternoon to take stuff and she said that our house is okay, it’s just that there’s a lot of soot that got in through the window,
I’d rather be at home to deal with things and the worst of the winds are over,
The situation continues to evolve and is changing literally hour by hour,
said the 69-year-old former Singaporean, who is now a Canadian We were told that it was likely coming from the Eaton canyon, so that’s when we decided to just evacuate because it was already so close to us,
When I first became aware of it, the fire was in Pacific Palisades, and I went to bed last night thinking that it might be kind of controlled there but then it jumped over to Malibu and so a lot of the restaurants and landmarks that I'm familiar with in Malibu have been burnt down,
We were already hearing of outages across the county, so I decided to cook my dinner before the power went out but when my housemate and I looked out of our front window, we saw a fire,
said Ms Benita Lim, a PhD student at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena It’s really heavy to think about how things will never be the same,
she said, as her voice quivered It looked like there was ashes everywhere but … when I was watching my security camera, I realised it wasn't ashes but lit embers. That was scary because the lit embers were flying in the sky.”
Likening the air quality somewhat to the Southeast Asian haze crisis in 2015, she said We’re getting so many messages and notifications now but there’s an app that we’re all connected to over here, which updates everybody,
I was a big bag of emotions … I was in shock, fearful but at the same time, it felt surreal, and I couldn’t believe this was actually happening,
said the 55-year-old business owner who has been living in the US for the past five years The whole area was full of fire trucks, and they were telling us to quickly pack up and go,
It’s a miracle that our homes were saved,
They are expanding, and it's especially that phenomenon that increases the risk of forest fires affecting the people and the houses,
Julie Berckmans, expert in climate risk assessment with the European Environment Agency, told DW These are really vulnerable because they've seen droughts in the past years and in general it's like drier places are more prone to fires historically and in the presence of climate change as well,
Sometimes you see pictures of whole little villages and cities wiped out by fire...and in the middle of this you see some houses that survived, seemingly untouched, still a green garden around it. And these are the living proofs of yes... fire wise behavior does work,
This is by far the craziest video from the fire in Los Angeles. This guy is filming huge walls of fire surrounding a house they're in, and there's another person and a dog. I have no idea why they didn't evacuate or what happened to them. Let's hope they're okay."
A post on X shared a video that was captioned So sorry, I pray you are safe.” ... My heart and my thoughts goes out to your friend, his family, and everyone that is being impacted by this devastating fire. I am so sorry that this is happening. It's been gut-wrenching seeing the destruction. To everyone out there, please be safe, be careful, and mask up.”
A third expressed ... A fourth wrote You're both very fortunate to be alive. I saw your two videos last night and prayed for you and your friends safety.” ... You’re both lucky to be alive. How absolutely devastating and I can’t imagine the loss but I’m so glad you both fled when you did.”
An individual posted ... Another added It’s just really weird coming back to somewhere that doesn’t really exist anymore,
said Dylan Vincent, who returned to the neighborhood to retrieve some items and saw that his elementary school had burned down and that whole blocks had been flattened People were getting out of the cars with their dogs and babies and bags,
said Kelsey Trainor, who escaped while ash fell all around and fires burned on both sides of the road