Woman sees her own house being destroyed live on TV by fire

ventura - Forest fires in California draw north of Los Angeles a trail of devastation. The fire so far destroyed about 150 buildings, including a large apartment complex. A resident of Ventura, fleeing from the flames, saw her own house being destroyed by the fire live on television.

'It was absurd. I watched a live broadcast about the fires on television. Suddenly I saw my own house on fire. Eventually I saw everything collapse. It was terrible, 'said the startled woman in front of NBC News.

Some 27,000 people were forced to seek refuge, the Los Angeles Times reported. There are also 260,000 connections without electricity.

HD emergency services are calling hundreds of firefighters to fight the fire. The sea of ​​flames approached the town hall of Ventura to a few hundred meters.

Certainly one person was killed during the fire. This happened by a traffic accident on a road that was closed due to the calamity.

Wildfires had also led to chaos in California in October. Then ten thousand buildings certainly went up in flames. Approximately forty people were killed at the time.