I 100% believe that the clearing of brush for the Salt Creek neighborhood helped save downtown/my home. If that was brush, so much more would have burned... I'll never forget opening my front door in my home, and feeling like I just opened an oven, the blast of heat, wind and ash, the glow was all you could see.... Thank you for saving my home. The way our community came together (besides cult bethel) was beautiful. I was at the Holiday Inn with my coworkers from Massage Envy all day/night offering free table and chair massages for all anyone working to protect our community and those evacuated. Also volunteering at farms/ranches/sanctuaries to help the animals... God bless the lives lost #shastastrong
@carolsnyder57565 жыл бұрын
Cal fire saved our town of Redding. Its because of them redding is still here. I have nothing but gratitude for them. They are amazing and we owe them everything. Best firefighters in the world. Love u @calfire
@babybrat29584 жыл бұрын
There were many different fire dept on this fire....not just Calfire.
@carolsnyder57564 жыл бұрын
@@babybrat2958 oh I know that. We had firemen from all over the world here. I'm just grateful for them all.
@billyrayvalentine79724 жыл бұрын
Redding fire, OES, Cal fire and everyone else who showed up saved us... we ran out. They ran in
@billyrayvalentine79724 жыл бұрын
That picture of the firenado with the white hot fire to the left brings back horrible memories. That is the moment I ran. Thinking that I may have waited too long.
@poohbearmom645 жыл бұрын
Thanks to All CHP, CalFire, Sheriffs, Forest Service ..... for all you did for everyone during the Carr Fire 👏👏👏
@thomasquintana443810 ай бұрын
I remember seeking a little young man standing on the corner as we left camp, everyday that young man would salute as we left to work... He sure did stand out in my eyes. Thanks youngster.... 2 more chains
@pinochet33175 жыл бұрын
I am from High Level, Alberta where the Chuckegg Creek wildfire is still burning and our community is under threat once more as the weather is getting very, VERY hot, thank you to every firefighter from any country who serve and protect.
@multicode62344 жыл бұрын
I can't believe this, Charlotte Bailey was a very good friend and a neighbor of ours two doors down. We were also neighbors with the Chief of Police, we move a few years before but it still hurts seeing all the memories.
@patrickarcher50983 ай бұрын
I live in West Redding, River Ridge tract. I'll never forget the evening the carr fire hit my home and several others around my house. The firenado bent several of my trees over .. burned within 6 feet of my house. My gazebo, fences & tress were all gone. Charlotte Bailey is my neighbor. . Shes a widow and a sweetheart. She lost absolutely everything! I felt so guilty when i went over to her lot and theres absolutely nothing. I still have a house, its not fair! Charlotte promptly said to me.." "don't feel bad, i bought that house across the street that didn't burn & was for sale...so . I'm moving in there, I'm staying in my neighborhood! " Her husband died of cancer abd somehow, the only thing that did survive the fire, was her deceased husbands aluminum dog tags!
@chriskellison34685 жыл бұрын
These brave and much needed and appreciated men and woman in public safety see things that would effect ones life in so many good and life changing ways. Thank you all and gods speed.😢🙏🙏
@tayhayinthewind83864 жыл бұрын
Everyone around there, Shasta County, were the lucky ones compared to Paradise, horrific! I'm sorry for your loss in all those effected tramadicaly, from whatever they d.e.w. I use to live around there. Just missed this catotrophic event, just a year earlier. Awesome video. Thank you!
@jessecorbett37513 жыл бұрын
I remember doing structure protection as part of the TGU strike team at Clear Creek and the fire almost had us completely surrounded. One of the scariest experiences of my life.
@nikepro70413 жыл бұрын
Thank you for youre service. I know there’s a fire up there right now. Stay safe
@emmagachaverse55674 жыл бұрын
I remember watching the news and having to stay at my grandmas. Scariest time of my life
@kurtishails57854 жыл бұрын
I wish I had one day to relive seeing my old home i cry everytime thinking about it
@jake_bellvile5 жыл бұрын
Police, Sheriff, State police, Highway Patrol, Paramedics, Firefighters, Park service, National guard. They will do whatever they can to keep everyone safe....
@nelsontorres68205 жыл бұрын
Highway patrol is state police
@tinataylor18964 жыл бұрын
They sure did. I almost lost where my husband and I lived. They were so overwhelmed as the days went on. My husband's aunt lived in Keswick and lost her home. My sister lived just down the road from us and lost her home. And my husband and I lived near where the Fire tornado formed and jumped the river and almost lost our apartment complex and our whole neighborhood.
@wood87153 жыл бұрын
Thousands upon thousands live where this fire was and was headed. Unbelievable
@dragonlife28363 ай бұрын
I remember being 6 or 7, walking outside, just to see a giant plume of smoke and ash falling like rain, the sun an eerie orange, an absolute terrifying moment as red colored the bottom of the smoke cloud, and honestly it was insane to see and live through the Carr Fire, even though it was the 6th most destructive fire in California history, but it is honestly the most memorable. I remember having to evacuate, and there was still ashes where we went. I remember driving to our relatives, tell me to evacuate because the Carr fire was insanely massive and I was so young. By insane luck, the Carr Fire narrowly avoided our house, reached other parts of our neighborhood but not our house. My family was lucky to have no homes destroyed by this terrifying and massive firestorm. Thank you to those who saved lives and helped contain this destructive and terrifying monstrosity of a fire.
@badrussian49995 жыл бұрын
It is tragic. But you did it, and defeated the fire element, saving people and nature! Good work!
@jamesevans9385 жыл бұрын
My heart goes out to the people effected by the Carr fire being from uk where we don’t commonly get wild fire and when we do they are typically small but I understand how devastating they can be
@smeenigel27055 жыл бұрын
James Evans it was fucking hell
@alwayssme2 жыл бұрын
four years gone by , rest in peace
@Dany-ww2lk4 жыл бұрын
i remember that day. i think i got home from my group meet and i saw the ash raining down in our yard. even some embers.. thank goodness nothing came of it but it was scary. i didn't sleep much for the three days it was the worst, packed up ready to go, we almost had to evac. The week before i was at Whiskytown lake with my friends that was the funny bit...it was hell on earth those few weeks. thanks you to all the crews that saved our city CHP, cal fire and Nat Guard. thank you so much for keeping us safe.
@monkey24rox4 жыл бұрын
Till this day it still breaks my heart that my hometown Redding, Ca went up in flames. That day was like the gates to hell was broke opened. My parents and I were worried if were going to loose our home and not have a home to come home to. I do feel so sorry for those who have lost their homes and their lives. We are still Redding strong and forever will be. God bless our true super heroes of our town and for those who came out of state to help fight this fire.
@gladiator75195 жыл бұрын
Looking forward to joining the team soon :) Thank you for your service o7
@Apollodahusko5 жыл бұрын
Same
@gladiator75195 жыл бұрын
@@Apollodahusko *high five*
@danielfirecopter3 жыл бұрын
When you hear a sense of urgency from the Air Attacks voice it’s bad….
@inemeis2 жыл бұрын
Dear Chief Bret, You may be proud of Your self sir.
@dominictapia255 жыл бұрын
Poor California I live in willows and the smoke was so bad we cancelled football practice for almost 3 weeks
@tjlightningbolt4 жыл бұрын
They got exactly what they deserve for wiping out all the forests and creating a drought!!!!!
@sum_girl55114 жыл бұрын
Thomas Lightningbolt excuse me? One, fuck you, and two you can’t control a drought. It was an accident from a car that chain sparked that caused the fire. I hope to God you never have to go through something like that. Between the camp fire and carr fire our community suffered A LOT!
@kariepoppins3 ай бұрын
My mom & two grandkids were killed in this fire. So was a young father, someone’s son and someone’s best friend. People trying to save people died. A firefighter surrounded by fire, knowing he was going to die had to tell dispatch to tell his wife he loved her & their kids and said goodbye. So, with all due respect, perhaps your classless comments would be more productive on a different forum, like a city counsel meeting, a letter to your congressperson, or an online therapist. If all else fails, I highly recommend some good old fashioned manners classes.
@blaynriley78045 жыл бұрын
I remember last summer there was on day I woke up for school and there was No sky it was just smoke from the fires in California and I live in Illinois by Chicago.
@josephapawelczyk3 жыл бұрын
Probably more so smoke from the Montana fires that got less coverage. The acres burned there were quite substantial as well.
@johnr.60294 жыл бұрын
Wrong Fire? At 2:53 that sure looks like the intersection of Pearson Rd. and the Skyway, with Big O Tires in the background in Paradise, California.
@joshchandler9673 Жыл бұрын
Scariest thing I've ever been through... I was in French gulch working for at&t that day and I and three other guys crammed into the Telsa reel truck and the smoke was so thick you couldn't see the chp suv in front of us if it wasn't for their lights ..the truck started to get hot inside and I remember looking at my coworker and just saying hold on. The fear was real. The fire was on both sides of 299 and when we finally broke through that fresh air was the best thing ever. The next day I was back out in Keswick repairing phone lines putting out spot fires with the water buffalo ... It took us a whole year and a half almost to replace all the at&t infrastructure that was damaged or destroyed..
@loganmerryman2024 жыл бұрын
I evacuated 3 houses in 2 days during this chaos.. it was the first time I had a full blown panic attack
@sum_girl55114 жыл бұрын
Same
@billyrayvalentine79724 жыл бұрын
Same. You never forget. You adapt
@jaclynreynolds79025 жыл бұрын
Why wasn't the USFS included in this? Thats something messed up!
@heatherbrowning36483 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@ethanboyd78433 жыл бұрын
Video does no justice to the experience of these monsters. The roar and heat are something that feels like the devil himself is eating the world. It's terrifying.
@D45VR5 жыл бұрын
We need more people like these officers in Congress.
@YaOnlyLive1ce4 жыл бұрын
Agree, but most especially the useless Senate.
@paulsmallriver60662 жыл бұрын
To think this started when two vacationers got a flat tire on their trailer, continued to drive on it, and sparks from the wheel ignited grass in the ditch. :(
@ThatGuyGTofficial7 ай бұрын
This was one of the worst fires ive seen here we had to leave the city for protection it was so smoky bro
@gtaawsomeboss92995 жыл бұрын
😢its so sad to see all the house and forests burnt down to ash all my prairies go to everybody the is a victim of the carr fire and all the agencies that was out there fighting as hard as they could thank you so much CHP and CAL FIRE
@TraderTravels4 жыл бұрын
what is that music? it's so sad and beautiful.
@articunoizzyy4265 жыл бұрын
This hurt us really bad
@kurtishails57854 жыл бұрын
I was one of those people who lost my home 2 years ago I lived in old shasta and my address was 11050 Wingfield lane
@arfizzrazz3 жыл бұрын
2:13 Cal Fire asked us "ALMOST right away" to deploy dosers. No one ever talks about how they let it burn overnight before attacking it. Looks like that part is completely overlooked by all officials. And that very reason is why it turned so destructive the next day. Smh
@Tuocal013 жыл бұрын
You some kind of expert there’s a point things aren’t savable unfortunately 🤡
@arfizzrazz3 жыл бұрын
@@Tuocal01 why you gotta be a 🍆
@joshchandler9673 Жыл бұрын
Or the fact that a civilian with a dozer arrived on scene and volunteered to put out the fire shortly after ignition but were told absolutely not by the forest service/park rangers due to the fact that it was on federal land. Wtf
@LegalShield30004 жыл бұрын
Is there really anything anyone could have done to prevent this from being so bad?
@heatherbrowning36483 жыл бұрын
For all that helped
@PonyCarProjects5 жыл бұрын
At 2:43 that was the wrong fire, that fire was delta and that’s pollard flat
@sum_girl55114 жыл бұрын
It turned into one fire. They connected
@shaunconner2953 жыл бұрын
@@sum_girl5511 they burned many months apart the delta and hertz or whatever its called merged
@paulmitchell53494 жыл бұрын
Spot fires 5 to 6 miles away from the main fires? How come?
@GreenMtnBags4 жыл бұрын
Burning debris carried by wind
@billyrayvalentine79724 жыл бұрын
Part of it was the firenado. I evacuated to one of my other properties and pages of a bible were landing on my property with the edges burnt. Meaning that they came from miles away from a home that was destroyed. I kept one and bagged it . The strangest thing.
@julienrockingham-ip4co6 ай бұрын
This is just the beginning
@danielgarcia-pv6by4 жыл бұрын
I was at Texas during the fire
@SamueltheleviteOmugumesolaceisАй бұрын
Amen
@mm555893 жыл бұрын
That fire was on my moms birthday
@brianburton50474 жыл бұрын
I thank the man above they got all the peoplein wheelchairs out they are parlized god bless you i am in a.wheelchair go cal 🔥
@wood87153 жыл бұрын
I grew up at whiskey town lake. It's hotter then heck all summer long there. Dry as a bone
@connielipp86485 жыл бұрын
So horrible..."thank you to you all"...
@tjlightningbolt4 жыл бұрын
Yea... Karma is a cunt!
@lairdriver4 жыл бұрын
How does a Tornado form in a fire?!
@babybrat29584 жыл бұрын
Pyrocumulus cloud....firestorm can create their own weather.....wind, rain, lightning and yes tornados.
@KaiserStormTracking3 жыл бұрын
Not a true tornado as it formed from wind generated from the ground up via heat unlike true tornadoes which forms downward from the storm
@stephanielloyd405310 ай бұрын
Updrafts and heat rising with the addition of strong winds anyway..
@manilovefrogs__8842 Жыл бұрын
Umm that ain’t no car fire 🚗🤨
@manilovefrogs__8842 Жыл бұрын
Sorry…
@robinrevty7194 Жыл бұрын
If I had billions of dollars I beat this fire was set
@gsss1015 жыл бұрын
Well this is only half the story
@paulsmallriver60665 жыл бұрын
and?
@senortaco35635 жыл бұрын
gsss101 Pretty much how the government operates.
@cammontreuil75097 ай бұрын
Cop gave my wife a $250 dollar ticket because when we evacuated abd brought our pet duck.
@mikexxxmilly3 жыл бұрын
I live in Alabama and I was thinking that big tornado looked about like an f4. Without fire, that’s certain death basically unless you’re underground in a shelter. Now add a 2700 degree fire . Unreal
@edwardf62294 жыл бұрын
Great Job Law Enforcement. Thank you. It's too bad how the Law Enforcement is being treated by the local governments now. They love them when there needed and then shit on them when there not.
@mayflode25605 жыл бұрын
Comment if u came here from redwhiteandpew
@offic6rr_2885 жыл бұрын
I DID
@myassistantsindiabharat32522 жыл бұрын
"Hello World Bring out the truth or else it will be too late " In India, Bhutan, Papua new guinea and Myanmar also have forests as well as scorching heat, in the Himalayas there are same kind of trees like Europe, America, Canada, Brazil as well as Danes forests, even the public is less expert and poor but NO WILD FIRE what does it means ????? There is never a wild fire there, have you ever heard it? The world will have to think again, what is this mystery? Why only Europe, Brazil, Australia, Canada? (think again why this developed land lords countries only ?) Even No wild fire in South Africa? So Bring out the truth or else it will be too late, some most developed brains are on way to kill entire earth more early then the expected ....Few Gentleman PLEASE COME OVER NOW, help to bring the truth before the world...
@jakestokes3982 жыл бұрын
Not even American
@LeeDuprez-j7zАй бұрын
What are you saying makes no sense
@eschdaddy Жыл бұрын
Tornadoes sound horrific enough. I can’t imagine the sound of a firenado.