Firefighters cut themselves an escape route from huge California blaze
- 7 years ago
A remarkable video has emerged from Santa Paula, California showing firefighters using chainsaws to cut themselves an escape route from a rapidly advancing wildfire.
With 30-foot flames closing in, the firefighters work quickly to clear tangled tree limbs and debris and find a path to safety.
"At that distance from the fire, they were definitely feeling the heat and feeling the pressure," the filmer wrote online.
The dramatic clip was filmed on Tuesday (December 5).
The thousands of men and women fighting Southern California's largest wildfire made progress on Friday thanks to weather that allowed more aircraft to help in the battle.
Authorities also confirmed the first death from the fires on Friday and identified the remains of 70-year-old Virginia Pesola from Santa Paula.
With 30-foot flames closing in, the firefighters work quickly to clear tangled tree limbs and debris and find a path to safety.
"At that distance from the fire, they were definitely feeling the heat and feeling the pressure," the filmer wrote online.
The dramatic clip was filmed on Tuesday (December 5).
The thousands of men and women fighting Southern California's largest wildfire made progress on Friday thanks to weather that allowed more aircraft to help in the battle.
Authorities also confirmed the first death from the fires on Friday and identified the remains of 70-year-old Virginia Pesola from Santa Paula.