Tuesday when the Rocky fire that caused numerous family homes to turn into ashes was finally put out, more than 3000 fire fighters were deployed in putting an end to one of California's biggest wild fires. The fire consumed more than 262 sq km of land, but thankfully the weather cooperated in putting it out. As per BBC, no additional homes were destroyed after 24 houses were burnt down.
CNN was then able to interview some of the victims that made it through the chaos, giving the public a view of they went through.
"When you start seeing smoke plumes come up that are severe black, you know they're in the brush, and they're not too far away, And when you see flames -- when you see flames, it's really time to leave! "This is very scary, and it's the first time something like this fire has happened," said Welz, a 27-year resident of Spring Valley in Colusa County. Though he was quite hesitant in leaving, he defiled evacuation orders last Sunday as he stayed trying to protect his home but eventually left when the fire grew bigger. He then found shelter at Moose Lodge 2284 in Clearlake Oaks along with other evacuees in which they have access to free food. Over 200 evacuees were in the area who spent their Monday night on the Lodge or their motor homes in the lodge's parking lot.
"My heart's broken. Just broken, Lived here 13 years and I've loved it, but I don't think I can go through this again" as told by the woman seated on a folding chair while watching her belongings turn into rubble told CNN affiliate KOVR on Monday.
Firefighters_daily posted an heart-warming Instagram photo which was captioned:
If you have not had a chance to watch this great pay-it-forward story, please do (2:45 min). The YouTube link is in our bio (please click to watch). The act of kindness began with a waitress who met the two fire-fighters after the #NewBrunswickFire... Awesome stuff folks. (Update: approximately $68k has been raised).
