MUNDEL.
ELSA: THANK YOU FOR KEEPING
AN EYE ON THE THOMAS FIRE.
CRYSTAL CRUZ IN SANTA PAULA.
JEFF: WHAT IS THE THE LATEST
WHERE YOU ARE?
REPORTER: STU WAS JUST
TALKING ABOUT SPARKS.
WE HAVE BEEN HEARING SPARKS AND
LOUD BOOMS AND WE THINK IT'S
ALSO POWER LINES OR TRANSFORMERS
THAT HAVE CAUGHT FIRE AND
BLASTED OFF.
FLAMES LITERALLY MARCHING WEST,
WIFE BEEN WATCHING THIS FOR
HOURS.
THIS FIRE STARTED UP ON THE
HILLSIDE AND NOW IT'S CREPT
SLOWLY TOWARD HIGHWAY 126.
WE ARE STONE'S THROW FROM
HIGHWAY 126 SO I'D SAY THIS IS A
QUARTER MILE FROM THE HIGHWAY.
WE'VE SEEN PEOPLE STOP AND GET
OUT OF CARS TAKE A LOOK EVERYONE
CONCERNED ABOUT THIS FIRE
HOPPING THE FIRE TO HOMES.
THE FIRE WAS ON TOP OF THE
HILLSIDE NOW MUCH CLOSER HUGE
FLAMES RIPPING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN
SENDING SMOKE AND FLAMES WEST
ALMOST LOOKS LIKE A VOLCANO
ERUPTING WITH LAVA FLOWING OF
COURSE THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
IT IS A LARGE FIRE NEAR HOMES
AND LEMON AND AVOCADO ORCHARD
FROM SATELLITE WE COULD SEE FEW
OF THESE HOMES LOOKED LIKE RANCH
STYLE NO TRACK HOMES SO NOT
HUNDREDS THOUSANDS OF HOMES BUT
A FEW DOZEN.
NEIGHBOR SAYS THERE'S NORMALLY
SNOW ON THIS MOUNTAIN THIS TIME
OF YEAR SO HE'S SURPRISED
INSTEAD OF SNOW HE'S SEEING
FIRE.
IT'S UNBELIEVABLE.
I MEAN IT HURTS BECAUSE I'VE
NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
MY DAD HAS BEEN A FIREFIGHTER
FOR 35 YEARS.
THAT'S WHY I'VE GOT THE HAT AND
YOU DON'T EXPECT THINGS LIKE
THIS.
I WAS EXPECTING THIS YEAR TO SEE
SNOW ON THAT MOUNTAIN.
NOW IT'S ON FIRE.
REPORTER: ON FIRE INDEED LIVE
LOOK AT THESE FLAMES MARCHING
WEST.
WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING THIS A FEW
HOURS.
DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THIS WILL BE
UNDER
BUT THE FLAMES ARE
LEMON AND ORCHARD FIELD AND WE
ARE TOLD THESE ARE HEALTHY
PLANTS SO THEY SHOULDN'T CATCH
FIRE BUT IN CASE THEY DO, WE
HAVE FIREFIGHTERS RIGHT TO THE
LEFT OF ME STANDING BY JUST IN
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