LA Fires From The Week- Soleil

‘I Was Going To Die In This House’

  Multiple fires have destroyed Los Angeles as this disaster has strike some of the biggest neighborhoods. This fire has destroyed homes and caused the closure of one of America’s busiest freeways around Los Angeles while forcing nearly 200,000 people from their homes. All total, 141,000 acres have burned in the fires, which stretch from L.A. to San Diego. They are being fed by strong winds and dry conditions.

  This is a direct interview that took place with a citizen that was involved with this horrific event. “It was dark until I saw a gigantic ball of orange,” motorist Tiffany Lynette Anderson wrote on Instagram Wednesday Anderson was driving to work on Interstate 405 between South Central Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley when she encountered the Skirball Fire. The fire scorched hundreds of acres and burned several homes in the Bel-Air neighborhood just north of Beverly Hills. The fire was so intense that it forced authorities to close the 405 — one of America’s busiest freeways during rush hour. One of the wildfires, the Thomas Fire in Ventura, is the largest December wildfire in California’s history. The fire is burning near some of the city’s most famous neighborhoods including Hollywood, Sunset Boulevard, Brentwood and UCLA. The University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) campus is close to the fire but had not been evacuated. Another witness, named Beverly, said she woke up to find her neighborhood burning. “The flames have never come so close.” She lost all of her belongings. 

  I wrote about this event again as the fires spread even further than I have imagined and predicted. I believe fire is almost unpredictable, making it one of the most scariest disasters yet, and I am hoping for a safe recovery for all of those in LA effected by this.