Californians watch wildfires burn their houses via home security cameras

As fires burn across the state, residents livestream the destruction first-hand: ‘That was a moment I’ll never forget’ The Holy fire was raging through southern California’s Cleveland national forest, and his family had already complied with a mandatory evacuation order, but Daniel Perez decided to take the risk anyway. At lunchtime on Thursday 9 August, Perez convinced public officials to allow him to return to his evacuated neighborhood for one last thing: to turn on his home security cameras, connect them to the internet, and point them in the direction of the oncoming flames. Continue reading... source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/17/california-wildfires-livestream-security-cameras #Headlines by: Julia Carrie Wong in San Francisco

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