More on the scene account:
There were no warnings. The wind was blowing at 70mph Sunday night. In the middle of the night power lines began blowing down and that ignited the flames which spread incredibly fast. People lucky enough to wake up stepped outside to find everything they could see on fire, including their own houses. If they were lucky they were able to jump in their car and drive out through the inferno. People grabbed their neighbors and threw them in their cars. There are cars melted in the driveways. I think the death count is going to be high.
Just unfathomable the severity of the whole event!!
I was 300 yards from where the Nun’s Canyon fire started. Simply, a huge gust of wind and a few minutes later, smelled smoke and we were off to the races. A deputy just gave me a store bought sandwich; first real food since Sunday.