"I really like my house. Don't know if it's going to be there when I get back." Ouch, right in the feels. These aren't just people's houses that are going up. They're homes full of memories. Things that people feel safe and secure in. I've lived in my own home for 30 years. I doubt I'd ever get over losing it to a fire. We have a lot of destructive weather forces in this world but I feel like fire is the scariest. It just consumes everything and leaves ashes behind.
This is why I hate it when people say 'it's ok, they're millionaires'. Do they think money makes it ok when they lose everything special and irreplaceable to them? Or when they and their kids are scared for their lives and that of their neighbors? They are just human like us.
True but I’m sure seeing the destruction and death numbers in your town will make you feel better knowing you didn’t lose a loved one. Yes houses and material Items hold good memories but you can make new ones. Sad
It does my heart good to hear my son’s voice. He, F. Brian Andrews, lost his battle to lung cancer on Dec 6, 2023. He was so brave. I will always love & miss him. His information & picture is in the commemorative Camp Fire book which can be purchased at Ace Hardware. He promoted spreading wildflower seeds after the fire.
This video he shot is one of the most poignant I've seen. His acknowledgement of fellow firefighters heading into the fray, his own existential realization that he is one of the victims, and his palpable relief after heading through hell is all somehow subtle, yet very honest and deep. I thank him for his service and his willingness to share his experience with others. I can see why you are so proud. Be well.
That moment when you realize you're one of them. I didn't loose my house but I had to evacuate during Hurricane Harvey and go to a Red Cross Shelter and it was the moment when I realized "I'm one of them". Not a good feeling.
My daughter is a firefighter from Paradise Ca. Basically fire season was over here in Cal but the company had work for her in Florida and N Carolina, helping after the hurricane there. She was out of the area helping others when the Camp fire rolled into Paradise, destroying her home. (and ours) She was home for Christmas but now she's in Texas, helping after the hurricane there. Texas should feel very lucky to have this team helping out. They have the experience and the determination to see the job through.
I had a house fire on July 3rd and it killed my Millie dog and one of my roommates cats. House, burnt to the ground. We're physically ok, but our lives will never be the same. I hope you and yours are safe.
I’m so sorry for your loss! ... your house, town , members of the community who didn’t make it .... it’s devastating and heartbreaking! ... I’m a Californian who has lived thru many fires but NOTHING even close to your heartache ! Not even close ! You are handling it amazingly well! ... I know you are a 25 year firefighter veteran and you’ve probably learn to compartmentalize the horrors you have seen! ( my husband has been with the Police Dept for 27 years and counting ! ) I hope you and your family will soon be able to find a new place to call “home” - God Bless ! Thank you for sharing your videos !👍🙂
The longer a wood-frame house stands, the drier it gets. A living tree stays alive by not drying out. In a drought, the WATER is concentrated in the LIVING vegetation. That's why it seems to make people paranoid. It's just very basic facts -- the fire goes for the driest wood first and can sweep thru going from house to house, burning some of the dead wood off but not killing every living tree especially if some trees and landscaped areas are even minimally watered so that they survive.
Las coníferas son los peores árboles para forestar una ciudad o pueblo porque tienen un gran contenido de aceite inflamable y eso los hace un combustible ideal para iniciar grandes incendios. Prueba colocar una rama de un pino en el fuego y veras cual es el resultado. Consejo: no coloquen coníferas en los patios de sus casas sobretodo si estas son de madera.
@Sue Burgess plenty of them got melted, of fucking course the ones where the fire didn't reach wouldn't be melted. Plenty of signs had all of their paint removed, a lot of the fences was either burned or melted, garbage cans melted and so fourth.
@@thegoldenaircats8050 ...I have a strong feeling Shadow1980's response will have something to do with the work of the government, in cahoots with the alien invasion (the kind from space, not from the southern border), and the endangered San Francisco garter snake.
I don’t live near there and I don’t pay attention to the news that much so it didn’t hit me til I started watching some of these videos just how bad this situation was. I feel really bad for the town of paradise and I hope you can recover.
God bless you my heart breaks for you so sorry you and others lost their homes plus all the lives of the people and animals that parished so so sorry. ❤
I remember working at Kohl's when the Thomas fire hit. It was heartbreaking to see people that lost homes to the fire. You just knew. The look on their face. The fact that they're buying nothing the things you really need, like socks and underwear at full price (it was holiday time, so basically everything but those items were on sale). We were allowed to give them our employee discount in that case, which does help. But it is just heartbreaking that there's nothing you can do to return their life to how it was before
I'm so very sorry that your house didn't make it. My heart truly goes out to you and yours. Thank God you made it out alive but you and all those affected remain in my thoughts and prayers. May God continue to watch over you.
What's weird is the trees are hardly touched at all and last time I checked cali is filled with eucalyptus trees which literally explode when they light up
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I really feel so very sad for all those people in California and I just hope they can find the strength to build up again what they've lost in these wildfires. All those loving memories to dear ones of the older times, etc. etc. No longer pictures in frames only remembering the names No longer sit in a favorite chair not even any sign of a stair No longer Paradise on earth just remembering the hurt My poem to all citizens of California I'll pray and hope that you will manage to build a future again Wishing you all the luck that you need. So sorry for you all Friendly regards from the NETHERLANDS
Notice that when you type in wildfires California they only give you videos from main stream media. A lot of the videos from cell phones from from people doing media out of their own houses are no longer there
These poor people. A person has to think about what kind of Thanksgiving they are having this year and say a good prayer for them to help them get their lives back together.
Utility poles are sometimes infused Copper Naphthenate or Creosote as rot protection and even painted with tar. This makes them burn like a torch. In the footage it is the lower part of the poles which is burning, suggesting that the counsel recently recently did some maintenance. The lower part is the most susceptible to rot and the easiest to reach with a brush.
I do not see any standing trees bent over by strong winds or the branches of trees moving. Only a very strong steady wind could cause a fire to spread so quickly. Does anyone know if the winds were blowing strong enough to make this fire spread like it did??
Heiliger Sankt Florian! Absolut gespenstisch. Der Horror nimmt scheinbar kein Ende. I hope such will never happen in Germany. God bless America! Gott schütze Amerika!
I sincerely hope that when they rebuild it becomes standard to have metal roofs or terra cotta tiles, both of which help in fireproofing. Also, clear trees and underbrush to at least 50 feet away from structures.
@@vikakond Conspiracy theorists all say to Follow the Money. Who stands to gain a fortune by destroying a small town in rural California? Downed power lines set fires in dry wilderness all the time, just knock one of those down. If it was a weapons test, aren't they supposed to use them on some community of poor brown people that no one cares about?
Really tragic and a disaster for so many. While escaping if you come upon an area that has been burnt why not stay there as it can’t burn again? Genuine question.
Sorry for the lost, sorry it had to happen, but the real question is, what cause a fire to burn so quick, from northern Kali, to southern Kali...and don't tell me it a accident, camp fire, pg&e problem
Very dry air, 8% humidity, very dry grass, high wind, and sparks from PG&E power lines made for a very deadly fire. The town was ill equiped to deal with such a fast moving fire.
Taylor.....No they don't. Ya know, every single one of these retards who can't understand a pine tree not burning has never cut one down. Ponderosa pine is very heavy with water when alive.
Dan Strayer I assumed the trees were long burned and the houses were just let Left to burn down at their own pace. I didn’t realize these were all pines either.
embers. Also, the tallest greenest ones are P Pine. The wood is like a sponge and has a great capacity to hold water. They evolved to survive fire, and in fact some pines require fire to cause the seed casings to split open. See the Washington Post article on this. Probably find it elsewhere right now also.
So when you ask Google if forest fires can melt metal...it gives you the temp that aluminum melts at and the temp a forest fire can burn..than it states "it burns hot enough to lay waste to your rims" are you serious!!! That's crazy
The USA is obsessed with cheap contruction and esthetics, as long as a building looks pretty then it doesn't matter if is made of cardboard and sticks that would never stand a fire or a hurricane, on contrast, México for example is one of the cointries with the lowest fire incidents in the world, just because wood is the least used building material, most homes and buildings are made of bricks and concrete, including the roofing that can satand fires and hectic storms.
Build a house out of bricks in California and it will fall due to an earthquake sooner or later. That’s why here they build them out of wood so they can flex. Do your research
Very sorry to what happened to your town your people and you...glad you made it out safe pray for the people still missing. Mother Nature is cracking her whip at the world.
Quote of the year - "Oh my God these poor people. Crap I'm one of them."
Amazing moment, all of it was SO calm, candid and thoughtful with a bit of grim humor. *This guy makes me proud to be his "neighbor" in Chico*
RUclips- DEW Weapons(Directed Energy Weapons).
I had that same thought! I'm so glad he's okay - but sad his home succumbed to the fire.
@@dorianyates1032 Take your childish bullshit else where please we have reality to deal with here.
@@Mrbfgray Wait, you live in Chico? I thought you were in Paradise city? Chico is like 8-12 hours north.
"I really like my house. Don't know if it's going to be there when I get back." Ouch, right in the feels. These aren't just people's houses that are going up. They're homes full of memories. Things that people feel safe and secure in. I've lived in my own home for 30 years. I doubt I'd ever get over losing it to a fire. We have a lot of destructive weather forces in this world but I feel like fire is the scariest. It just consumes everything and leaves ashes behind.
This is why I hate it when people say 'it's ok, they're millionaires'. Do they think money makes it ok when they lose everything special and irreplaceable to them? Or when they and their kids are scared for their lives and that of their neighbors? They are just human like us.
True but I’m sure seeing the destruction and death numbers in your town will make you feel better knowing you didn’t lose a loved one. Yes houses and material Items hold good memories but you can make new ones. Sad
It does my heart good to hear my son’s voice. He, F. Brian Andrews, lost his battle to lung cancer on Dec 6, 2023. He was so brave. I will always love & miss him. His information & picture is in the commemorative Camp Fire book which can be purchased at Ace Hardware. He promoted spreading wildflower seeds after the fire.
This video he shot is one of the most poignant I've seen. His acknowledgement of fellow firefighters heading into the fray, his own existential realization that he is one of the victims, and his palpable relief after heading through hell is all somehow subtle, yet very honest and deep. I thank him for his service and his willingness to share his experience with others. I can see why you are so proud. Be well.
So sorry for your loss!
That moment when you realize you're one of them. I didn't loose my house but I had to evacuate during Hurricane Harvey and go to a Red Cross Shelter and it was the moment when I realized "I'm one of them". Not a good feeling.
My daughter is a firefighter from Paradise Ca. Basically fire season was over here in Cal but the company had work for her in Florida and N Carolina, helping after the hurricane there. She was out of the area helping others when the Camp fire rolled into Paradise, destroying her home. (and ours) She was home for Christmas but now she's in Texas, helping after the hurricane there. Texas should feel very lucky to have this team helping out. They have the experience and the determination to see the job through.
Glad you made it tho homes and belongings can be replaced you can't be to your family.
phennec hope you and your lived ones are alive and well. As u very well know thats what truly matters. God bless
Fire trucks and police still driving into the fire even while the towns fully burning down.... HEROS!
Yes they are. They have to fight their fear instinct to run inside a burning building or area.
I had a house fire on July 3rd and it killed my Millie dog and one of my roommates cats. House, burnt to the ground. We're physically ok, but our lives will never be the same. I hope you and yours are safe.
God bless you and all the people and animals effected
I’m so sorry for your loss! ... your house, town , members of the community who didn’t make it .... it’s devastating and heartbreaking! ... I’m a Californian who has lived thru many fires but NOTHING even close to your heartache ! Not even close ! You are handling it amazingly well! ... I know you are a 25 year firefighter veteran and you’ve probably learn to compartmentalize the horrors you have seen! ( my husband has been with the Police Dept for 27 years and counting ! ) I hope you and your family will soon be able to find a new place to call “home” - God Bless ! Thank you for sharing your videos !👍🙂
The longer a wood-frame house stands, the drier it gets. A living tree stays alive by not drying out. In a drought, the WATER is concentrated in the LIVING vegetation. That's why it seems to make people paranoid. It's just very basic facts -- the fire goes for the driest wood first and can sweep thru going from house to house, burning some of the dead wood off but not killing every living tree especially if some trees and landscaped areas are even minimally watered so that they survive.
Thank you. Logic is powerful.
Jay Dillon ..is it normal for a “wildfire” to disintegrate guard rails and glass?
Las coníferas son los peores árboles para forestar una ciudad o pueblo porque tienen un gran contenido de aceite inflamable y eso los hace un combustible ideal para iniciar grandes incendios. Prueba colocar una rama de un pino en el fuego y veras cual es el resultado. Consejo: no coloquen coníferas en los patios de sus casas sobretodo si estas son de madera.
@@thisistheworldtoday Wildfires can get as hot as 1450F. The melting point of glass is 1400F and aluminum is 1221F.
@Sue Burgess plenty of them got melted, of fucking course the ones where the fire didn't reach wouldn't be melted. Plenty of signs had all of their paint removed, a lot of the fences was either burned or melted, garbage cans melted and so fourth.
I’m very sorry that this is happening today. We hope you all in paradise will have a happy life
Midnight KittyGurl thank you..💛
I'm so sorry. May God be with all of you.
God bless to all the people that are affected by the wildfires hope all the the people affected have the best holidays regardless of of the wildfires
It's amazing how a town within a forest is burned down, but the forest is not burned.
This is where I was born in 89’, Moved to Florida in 95’. It’s sad to see my homeland destroyed.
This is just the begining, it's only going to get worse.
shadowl1980 How do you think it’ll get worse?
@@thegoldenaircats8050 ...I have a strong feeling Shadow1980's response will have something to do with the work of the government, in cahoots with the alien invasion (the kind from space, not from the southern border), and the endangered San Francisco garter snake.
@@WayPastCrazy2525 With the HARRP and the chemtrails and the chemicals turning the freaking frogs gay.
From my understanding the fires are almost ovsr and our contained for the most part.
Aren’t you just a ray of sunshine.
I don’t live near there and I don’t pay attention to the news that much so it didn’t hit me til I started watching some of these videos just how bad this situation was. I feel really bad for the town of paradise and I hope you can recover.
The fact that he liked hes home and he didn't want it gone but it is gone and its very sad to think about.... Sorry for your home loss.
So many lost their lives. Homes gonna loved.ones gone..etc.. Heroes arose that day to save animals and people.
Illuminating video, thanks for posting, *damn we are all sorry for the devastating losses.*
God bless you my heart breaks for you so sorry you and others lost their homes plus all the lives of the people and animals that parished so so sorry. ❤
I remember working at Kohl's when the Thomas fire hit. It was heartbreaking to see people that lost homes to the fire. You just knew. The look on their face. The fact that they're buying nothing the things you really need, like socks and underwear at full price (it was holiday time, so basically everything but those items were on sale). We were allowed to give them our employee discount in that case, which does help. But it is just heartbreaking that there's nothing you can do to return their life to how it was before
I'm so very sorry that your house didn't make it. My heart truly goes out to you and yours. Thank God you made it out alive but you and all those affected remain in my thoughts and prayers. May God continue to watch over you.
What's weird is the trees are hardly touched at all and last time I checked cali is filled with eucalyptus trees which literally explode when they light up
My town ;-;, I lived there and now my house is gone and my whole town is too :(
Never thought i would read so many conspiracy theories about a fire.
Yeah, this comment section is absolutely insane.
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Almost everything is attributable to the illuminati, God, conspiracies, aliens, end times, democrats, and the Clintons.
Almost nothing can be explained by logic, observation, history, or science. Those things require thought.
yea its pretty depressing how stupid people are
You should feel lucky u chancd upon that information. I would dig deeper if inwere you. Wont be so funny if u do
I really feel so very sad for all those people in California and I just hope they can find the strength to build up again what they've lost in these wildfires. All those loving memories to dear ones of the older times, etc. etc.
No longer pictures in frames
only remembering the names
No longer sit in a favorite chair
not even any sign of a stair
No longer Paradise on earth
just remembering the hurt
My poem to all citizens of California
I'll pray and hope that you will manage
to build a future again
Wishing you all the luck that you need.
So sorry for you all
Friendly regards from the NETHERLANDS
So saddening. My heart goes out to all the victims of this blaze, both human, animal, and forest as well.....
heartbreaking...
This is the rout we took from start to finish
Notice that when you type in wildfires California they only give you videos from main stream media. A lot of the videos from cell phones from from people doing media out of their own houses are no longer there
These poor people. A person has to think about what kind of Thanksgiving they are having this year and say a good prayer for them to help them get their lives back together.
No joke it looks like the Apocalypse
Yep
Wow, just incredible. May God be with all of you and heal your wounded hearts.
Very sad
For a forest fire it sure missed a lot of trees...
I am so sorry! This makes me so sad.
And the Firefighters cars driving into that inferno. But there was no water from the hydrants!
Many many firemen never fight a fire in his entire firefighter career. I met so many firemen told me this. Now is time to show your talent
Makes me so sad. Very weird how there are more trees than anything else.... really weird
That's what we call a forest
@@davidp2707 lol
What's up with the power poles at the beginning of the video?
Utility poles are sometimes infused Copper Naphthenate or Creosote as rot protection and even painted with tar. This makes them burn like a torch. In the footage it is the lower part of the poles which is burning, suggesting that the counsel recently recently did some maintenance. The lower part is the most susceptible to rot and the easiest to reach with a brush.
I do not see any standing trees bent over by strong winds or the branches of trees moving. Only a very strong steady wind could cause a fire to spread so quickly. Does anyone know if the winds were blowing strong enough to make this fire spread like it did??
Good footage, sorry for your loss
Sorry you had to go through this
So Sorry :(
this is so sad ;C
Heiliger Sankt Florian!
Absolut gespenstisch. Der Horror nimmt scheinbar kein Ende.
I hope such will never happen in Germany.
God bless America!
Gott schütze Amerika!
So very sad no one's how many never got out rip to the ones who never made
Oh no, I’m so very sorry for you and everyone else dealing with such loss and destruction....this is just horrifying & heartbreaking 😱😥
I sincerely hope that when they rebuild it becomes standard to have metal roofs or terra cotta tiles, both of which help in fireproofing. Also, clear trees and underbrush to at least 50 feet away from structures.
Humans: Let's build a town in a dried up Forest! Let's build a town near a volcano! Let's build a town by the ocean!
Mother nature: LOL ok
@@vikakond Conspiracy theorists all say to Follow the Money. Who stands to gain a fortune by destroying a small town in rural California? Downed power lines set fires in dry wilderness all the time, just knock one of those down. If it was a weapons test, aren't they supposed to use them on some community of poor brown people that no one cares about?
@@ianjohnson8419 The elite are not racist. They only see green.
@@vikakond LOL Who said it was caused by a camp fire? Nobody.
Mother Nature is every where an dimpossible to not be around
Also humans: omg!!! The global warming Gods are punishing us, all hail "science"
kha ho rha ya bhi
everything but the trees ... move along.
Y were there street lights on
Heart breaking.
What causes the fire so blaze? Do the house building was the cause of it?
CAN'T HELP BUT FEEL FOR EACH AND EVERY ANIMAL
Whare are all the people?
Oh my goodness, it looks like a hell zone!!! I'm so sorry to hear of his home :(
At 00:49, is this guy taking a dump, or something?
Any fire response or cops paramedics stay safe out in those blaze's
I saw chaos as a child W.W.2 now I'm seeing it on TV😞all over again.
Really tragic and a disaster for so many.
While escaping if you come upon an area that has been burnt why not stay there as it can’t burn again?
Genuine question.
We that’s a reasonable question but the flaw to that is smoke inhalation from the fire is just as deadly as the fire it self.
Sorry for the lost, sorry it had to happen, but the real question is, what cause a fire to burn so quick, from northern Kali, to southern Kali...and don't tell me it a accident, camp fire, pg&e problem
ok, its dry shit burning with the wind.
It was sharks with frikkin laserbeams on their head in the pacific sent from North Korea.
@@MotoBuilds my brother, you should be in front of a camera, exposing to the media with that thoery hahahaha....😂
Very dry air, 8% humidity, very dry grass, high wind, and sparks from PG&E power lines made for a very deadly fire. The town was ill equiped to deal with such a fast moving fire.
Why are the trees not on fire? Just the buildings? Isnt that strange?
Chris Lamb trees burn faster than buildings.
Taylor.....No they don't. Ya know, every single one of these retards who can't understand a pine tree not burning has never cut one down. Ponderosa pine is very heavy with water when alive.
Dan Strayer I assumed the trees were long burned and the houses were just let
Left to burn down at their own pace. I didn’t realize these were all pines either.
Dan Strayer how are the houses catching on fire than? The embers?
embers. Also, the tallest greenest ones are P Pine. The wood is like a sponge and has a great capacity to hold water. They evolved to survive fire, and in fact some pines require fire to cause the seed casings to split open.
See the Washington Post article on this. Probably find it elsewhere right now also.
The craziest thing is all the places in between that's not on fire.. almost like it was Cherry picked.. idk know what im seeing though. So sad!
If you look on google maps there are entire properties completely unscathed, but just next door everything’s gone
Why are all the trees perfectly okay but all the houses and buildings are destroyed? That's odd
The trees are not perfectly ok, most of them are heavily damaged
ever tried to burn wet wood? most of our trees were watered well
Peace brother
Thats weird because the houses have large space from one house to another house, how can be the fire spread like that? And so fast. So weird
So upsetting
So when you ask Google if forest fires can melt metal...it gives you the temp that aluminum melts at and the temp a forest fire can burn..than it states "it burns hot enough to lay waste to your rims" are you serious!!! That's crazy
The USA is obsessed with cheap contruction and esthetics, as long as a building looks pretty then it doesn't matter if is made of cardboard and sticks that would never stand a fire or a hurricane, on contrast, México for example is one of the cointries with the lowest fire incidents in the world, just because wood is the least used building material, most homes and buildings are made of bricks and concrete, including the roofing that can satand fires and hectic storms.
Build a house out of bricks in California and it will fall due to an earthquake sooner or later. That’s why here they build them out of wood so they can flex. Do your research
So sad 😨
Heartbreaking😑😣
So tragically sad 😔
Why are the trees partly unharmed ?
This was calculated and your government ain't shit for.
Notice how the homes are on fire but none of the trees! 🤔
The amount of conspiracy theorists in this comment section is insane
Whatever are all people?
And the traffic lights still work
At 0:07 why does it look like there's a burned hole in the hood of the automobile?
Sad.
I was surprised the street light still worked.
That's the strangest fire I have ever seen.
Why are all of the buildings burning and not the trees?
Lifes irony. name of a place paradise .
Everyone saying why were buildings burning and not the trees around it. Could be gas lines or any kind of line that are connected to these buildings?
My dude is just driving on the Tranzit bus.
When there is a "warning" get out of it asap.
They texted the warning, which was really dim imo. There could have been other warnings but they weren't set up for it.
That was just the most terrible tragic event.
I'm very sorry for all the victims who died or lost their relatives/house in that fire, but why are a lot of American houses made entirely of wood?
Looks like a horror movie... so sad.
Wow
damn...
Very sorry to what happened to your town your people and you...glad you made it out safe pray for the people still missing. Mother Nature is cracking her whip at the world.
How do firefighters decide where to go when an entire town is on fire?
🛐#Prayers🙏 for all 💙YOU🌷❗️❗️❗️
I appreciate a casual video , not planned. Doesn't matter what you think. Ask yourself. . . . . What would you have done without a phone / vid ?
It’s amazing how the trees are untouched in places !!!!!
At least Mc D’s has been razed to the ground !!! 💪🏼
That's my allies! The "natural" disasters like wildfire, volcanos, flooding and earthquakes! Amen.