By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2025-01-13 07:28:06 | Updated at 2025-01-13 09:38:01
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Shocking doorbell camera footage shows the utter carnage Los Angeles residents faced as fires tore through the City of Angels.
The terrifying Nest Camera footage taken from the Pacific Palisades home of Kyle and Zibby Owens shows a ball of fire growing and stretching into the air just past their infinity pool.
Soon, the flames started licking the side of the pool, and quickly reached up to the roof line as embers fogged up the screen.
Fortunately, the Owens were watching the devastation from thousands of miles away, at their other home in Manhattan.
'It's absolutely surreal,' Kyle, the cofounder of production company Morning Moon, told Good Morning America, noting that their home lost power shortly thereafter - disrupting the video.
'I mean watching that footage is devastating to us,' he said, gripping his wife's hands.
Owens went on to say he and Zibby knew the dangers of living in fire-prone California.
'But I think what we're seeing here is the worst-case scenario playing out in front of our eyes, and we're devastated for our community,' he said.
Kyle and Zibby Owens watched in horror as terrifying Nest camera footage showed the Pacific Palisades fire approach their home
The footage shows a ball of fire growing and stretching into the air just past their infinity pool
Kyle also spoke out about his love for the Pacific Palisades, as he remained clearly shaken by the devastation he saw.
'If we're able to go back at some point, I don't know what we're going back to and so many people are just so displaced and have lost everything.'
'It's honestly hard to believe,' Zibby, a publisher, added.
'We just keep watching it, shocked and devastated.
'It's hard to process the scale of it and the fact that it's spreading so much and so many people are affected, our hearts are just broken for everybody.
'This is a huge emotional thing,' she continued.
'Yes, it is just stuff, but it's things that you frequent and a sense of home.'
The rebuilding process will take a while, Kyle noted, but he said he knows the community will come together to overcome the devastation.
As of Sunday, the Palisades fire - the largest of the three blazes ripping through Los Angeles - scorched 23,713 acres
The Pacific Palisades fire was only 13 percent contained as of Sunday night
Firefighters extinguish a fire as the Palisades Fire, one of several simultaneous blazes that have ripped across Los Angeles County
As of Sunday, the Palisades fire - the largest of the three blazes ripping through Los Angeles - scorched 23,713 acres and was only 13 percent contained.
Yet the Eaton Fire remained the deadliest inferno, taking at least 11 of the 24 deaths attributed to the wildfires.
It had spread to more than 14,000 acres by Sunday, and was 27 percent contained.
Dozens more residents remained unaccounted for, and Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna has warned the death toll will likely continue to rise as the sheriff's office starts using cadaver dogs.
'I don't expect good news from those,' he added. 'We will keep people updated.'
A burned out vehicle rests at a destroyed structure during the aftermath of Palisades Fire
A SoCal Gas employee looks at the destruction during aftermath of the Palisades Fire along Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu
The Los Angeles County Sheriff is bringing in cadaver dogs to search for more bodies
Life-threatening conditions were also expected to continue over the next few days, with a CalFire spokesperson warning that high winds will last from Sunday through Wednesday, which can further spread the deadly flames.
Residents in the areas not yet facing evacuation orders but subject to the Santa Ana winds have now been warned to avoid mowing or trimming their dry grass, parking their cars on grass and to ensure campfires are 'completely out.'
The conditions have prompted a red flag warning until 6pm Wednesday.
Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone said authorities won't consider allowing displaced residents to return home until after that warning has been lifted.
'Unfortunately, those conversations are not going to begin until the next predicted red flag ends on Wednesday,' he said.
'Please rest assured that first thing Thursday, we will start talking about re-population and evacuation order and warning areas,' he said in a Sunday news conference.
