Resident recounts getting hit with flaming palm fronds as she fled fire
An area resident recounted her terrifying experience as she ran from the fast-moving Pacific Palisades Fire.
She said she was in Hollywood when she heard the news of the fire raging hear her Pacific Palisades home. She was rushing back home to save her cat, but she got snarled in traffic. That's when she ditched her car on Marquez Avenue and ran on foot to her home to rescue her cat.
With her cat in her arms, she described running through the streets as she was struck by flaming palm fronds falling from the trees above.
"I'm getting hit with palm leaves on fire, I ran into a car," she described. "It's terrifying. It's like a horror movie. I'm screaming and crying going down the street."
She was concerned about the safety of her father, who works as a security guard at a school in the area. She was relieved to find out he was safe.
"It's terrifying. I was definitely worried for my dad. But what can you do? It's a natural disaster. I'm from New York, I've never done this before. I didn't know what to do," she described.
