Cal Fire Captain Scott McLean said, “There was really no firefight involved. These firefighters were in the rescue mode all day yesterday.”
In an interview with CNN, Paradise resident Whitney Vaughan said, “The flames were whipping and spreading so fast. It began to jump the road. There wasn’t anywhere to go.” She added that people started to panic and abandoned their cars escape the wildfire.
A video posted by CNN’s Nick Valencia on Twitter showed the abandoned cars in Paradise.
These abandoned and burned out cars shows you what a panic it must have been for residents trying to escape the Camp Fire. Unreal scenes in Paradise, CA, this morning. #CampFire pic.twitter.com/AhBuWzS0Tx
— Nick Valencia (@CNNValencia) November 9, 2018
