Harrowing video shows two terrified men and their dog trapped in their home as flames from the Pacific Palisades wildfire close in on them.
in the scene It's like coming out of a nightmarea massive blaze erupts just outside the window of a Los Angeles home as unidentified men watch helplessly, unsure of what to do.
“You'll be fine. I'm sure you'll be fine, okay?'' The man in the video reassures the frightened dog, his voice shaking as he pats the dog's head.
“Oh no,” the man says in the video, pointing the camera at the fire outside.
The hellish sounds roaring through the strong winds engulfed almost everything in sight on all sides of the house, with no escape, in a hellish scene of smoke, ash, and other debris flying around. It looks like
At one point, another man in the house asked the photographer if he was planning on packing up and running away.
“Don't worry about that, dude. Oh my god,” he replied.
They made sure the gas was turned off and there was no longer any danger of an explosion. The photographer was asked by his friend if he should open the window, and he immediately closed it.
“Don’t open anything,” he says.
It was not immediately clear whether the man and dog escaped safely, but According to Fox 11 Los Angeles.
Kevin Dalton, who shared the video, which had been viewed more than 2 million times by early Wednesday, said in an update: “I've been told that both dogs and humans were able to safely evacuate the property.”
The Pacific Palisades Fire broke out on Tuesday and quickly spread to 3,000 acres overnight. Wind gusts reaching up to 160 mph in the mountainous region have fanned the flames, causing them to continue burning out of control.
At least 30,000 people, including Hollywood celebrities, have been ordered to evacuate.
The mass exodus caused severe traffic jams, forcing some desperate residents to evacuate on foot and abandon their cars on the street.
Vehicles blocked the passage of emergency vehicles, and bulldozers were seen removing abandoned vehicles from the road.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency Tuesday night and told reporters that “many” homes and other structures had been destroyed.
Approximately 300,000 Californians are without power as fires continue to ravage the region.
