It was like a scene out of a Hollywood movie when one Yorkshireman drove to his hotel in Los Angeles the same day a trio of wildfires could be seen ravaging the area.
Former Conservative councillor and Venue23 bar owner Karl Johnson, said: “As I was coming through (LA) there were fires on the side of the road and pylons coming down - bits of trees, rubbish, everything, being thrown across the street, electric off.”
Wakefield-based Karl had spent the first part of his holiday in Las Vegas before driving to LA which was in a state of emergency.
“It took 5-6 hours, the traffic was quite bad,” he said.
In some parts of LA, bulldozers can be seen removing cars when 30,000 residents were forced to evacuate and many of them abandoning their vehicles.
Karl, who also works as a Freddie Mercury tribute act, said: “Only I could arrive at a city that's on fire. High winds, and it's all over the world news.”
Karl had left the snow in Yorkshire and found himself in the heart of LA with thick clouds of smoke filling the area.
Former Conservative councillor and Venue23 bar owner Karl Johnson, said: “As I was coming through (LA) there were fires on the side of the road and pylons coming down - bits of trees, rubbish, everything, being thrown across the street, electric off.”
Wakefield-based Karl had spent the first part of his holiday in Las Vegas before driving to LA which was in a state of emergency.
“It took 5-6 hours, the traffic was quite bad,” he said.
In some parts of LA, bulldozers can be seen removing cars when 30,000 residents were forced to evacuate and many of them abandoning their vehicles.
Karl, who also works as a Freddie Mercury tribute act, said: “Only I could arrive at a city that's on fire. High winds, and it's all over the world news.”
Karl had left the snow in Yorkshire and found himself in the heart of LA with thick clouds of smoke filling the area.
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00:00Los Angeles is in a state of emergency as a trio of wildfires have ravished the city.
00:07Yorkshireman Carl Johnson captured this video footage from his hotel room where he's staying in Los Angeles.
00:16He arrived yesterday to a scene which looked like something out of a Hollywood movie.
00:23Today whilst you can't see as much smoke there still are clouds of smoke billowing through the sky
00:30as well as high winds worsening the situation. Bar owner Carl Johnson who also works as a Freddie
00:38Mercury tribute act captured this footage whilst he stayed safe in his hotel room.
00:45Carl shares how he escaped the snow here in Yorkshire in the hope of a relaxing holiday.
00:52Morning so only I could arrive at a city that's on fire high winds and just all of the world news
01:04so I drove down from Vegas yesterday took about five six hours traffic were quite bad coming into
01:11LA and as I was driving through there's fires at the side of the road there's pylons coming down
01:19bits of trees rubbish everything being flown across the street some electric off and then
01:27if you have a look here let's see if I can get you that so while the UK's in snow
01:35I decided to come on holiday and I think that's a bit of a smoke cloud it is a smoke cloud
01:40I think you can see the winds possibly and uh yeah so I've gone from
01:49snow to yeah