"Engine 6" from the Berkeley Fire Department decided to document the effort. (Many California fire departments and those from surrounding states would later assist in battling the wildfires.) "A lot of times we'll try and document for training purposes," said Mike Shuken, a Berkeley firefighter and paramedic. The 11-year veteran shot and edited the video, a gripping 10 minutes showing what his team encountered on the morning of October 9 in Santa Rosa, the community that suffered the worst damage, with nearly 3,000 residences destroyed. One of the firefighters says in disbelief upon seeing the glow of structures.

Source: CNN October 18, 2017 01:18 UTC