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If you live in California anywhere near flames, don’t depend on an evacuation order to save you. The order may never come.
The following video Heading toward Middletown on through Valley Fire shows the last three cars to escape the inferno.
Lots of people are viewing this so it could play slow.
Had any tree or electrical pole fallen into the street they would have been trapped.
Discussing the Video
The Guardian has a condensed video and comments from the family in its report Mother Talks about Son’s Viral California Wildfire Video.
Julie Wolf was two cars behind her son when he filmed their infamous escape from an explosive wildfire in Anderson Springs, California. She is the only member of the three-car convoy to speak out about footage that has gone viral, after providing a window into the dramatic blaze ravaging the state.
The video, now viewed by over 1.6 million people on YouTube, shows the terrifying escape her family made through flame-consumed woods on 12 September. “Oh my God,” her son muttered as he navigated through the inferno.
Wolf said she was “too busy being terrified” during the drive, but her son, who does not want to be named, shot the video.
As of Thursday, the Valley fire has incinerated 73,700 acres and is 35% contained. Wolf said she didn’t know the fire was so close until her son pulled into her driveway to drop off a small, electric trailer.
“When my son drove into the property, he had seen the smoke. He didn’t see fire, but he saw smoke,” she said. “And he said it’s right up the hill from you and I think you should start packing.”…
