Uncontrolled wildfires rage across Southern California, displacing thousands and leaving a trail of destruction. Residents share their harrowing experiences of evacuation and loss as the blazes continue to spread.
Tens of thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate their homes amid the three raging and uncontained wildfires in Southern California .Emily, a mother of two from Altadena — just north of Pasadena — was forced to evacuate her home on Tuesday night and flee to her parents' house as the Eaton Fire consumed 10,600 acres and killedOn Wednesday, she drove through the smoke-enveloped neighborhoods leading to her residence, after learning from a friend and neighbor that he had lost his home.
'My friend found out that his house is completely gone, and there's just nothing to see here. It is a giant black cloud of smoke. You can't get past Woodbury.Deadly wildfires surge in size in Southern California and force more evacuations Though barely able to see through the fog of smoke, Emily said that it seemed like the fire would burn one house, and spare the next, burn one house and spare the next.The phenomenon of some houses being destroyed while neighboring homes were left unscathed is due to the effects of wind picking up embers from existing fires and carrying them — sometimes for miles at a time — and depositing them onto flammable surfaces like roofs or trees,Bruce Blair from Pasadena was also forced to flee — not once but twice in less than 24 hours. 'We were alarmed last night when our neighbor across the street posted a picture of our house with flames in the distance. We went outside and looked, and sure enough, the Eaton Canyon where we hike regularly was on fire,' Blair said.He and his family decided to leave their Pasadena home to stay with his stepdaughter in the Eagle Rock area. But facing evacuation warnings there on Wednesday morning, they once again packed up in retrea
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