USA-California Wildfire/Town

Paradise town evacuees find shelter after deadly fire

  • English

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Paradise Town, California, USA - Nov 13, 2018 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of burnt trees, houses
2. Trees
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Rick Carhart, Cal Fire public information officer (starting with shot 1):
"The vegetation is as dry as it's ever been recorded before. The issue that we are running into is pretty much every single ember that flies away from the fire and hits the ground catches on fire."
4. Various of nurse Denise Gunderson helping fire survivors at shelter
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Denise Gunderson, nurse:
"We walked in and said, 'We're nurses. How can we help?' And they just almost started crying."
6. Gunderson talking to fire survivors
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Denise Gunderson, nurse (starting with shot 6):
"I'm a nurse. That's why you do. And I've been here for five days, probably 10 to 12 hours a day. Pretty much during those hours I don't think about what my daughter's lost, what I've lost. I walked into this place and immediately 10 of the people I saw had been my past patients on surgical units, so I know these people."
8. Gunderson talking to fire survivor Patty Saunders
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Patty Saunders, fire survivor:
"Everywhere we went there was fire --all around, top, all sides, in front and we kept stopping. The traffic would stop and then we finally got to a place where you couldn't go forward or backward. But I looked up and I saw the fire department --a big sign Paradise and a beautiful angel fireman with a big hose, and he was spraying everything and he was making our cars cool off."
10. Various of fire survivors in shelter

Storyline


Massive flames burnt a swath of destruction through the U.S. Northern California town of Paradise, forcing many to evacuate their homes and find temporary shelter elsewhere.

Lives have been lost, homes have been destroyed, and hardly anything is left standing.

"The vegetation is as dry as it's ever been recorded before. The issue that we are running into is pretty much every single ember that flies away from the fire and hits the ground catches on fire," said Rick Carhart, a Cal Fire public information officer.

In a massive effort to help tens of thousands of evacuees, communities are banding together. The East Avenue Church is one of 22 pop-up shelters in the area. The shelter has no NGO affiliation and is run by an all volunteer team.

"We walked in and said, 'We're nurses. How can we help?' And they just almost started crying," said nurse Denise Gunderson.

Gunderson evacuated her home, which is still intact as far as she knows. But her daughter's home was destroyed and the hospital where she works is so badly damaged that it's not operating. She and a group of nurses, including her daughter, set up a triage system and are making regular rounds to check on the injured.

"I'm a nurse. That's why you do. And I've been here for five days, probably 10 to 12 hours a day. Pretty much during those hours I don't think about what my daughter's lost, what I've lost. I walked into this place and immediately 10 of the people I saw had been my past patients on surgical units, so I know these people," she said.

Patty Saunders, a 90-year-old Paradise resident, narrowly escaped the fire.

"Everywhere we went there was fire --all around, top, all sides, in front and we kept stopping. The traffic would stop and then we finally got to a place where you couldn't go forward or backward. But I looked up and I saw the fire department --a big sign Paradise and a beautiful angel fireman with a big hose, and he was spraying everything and he was making our cars cool off," said the nonagenarian.

Saunders, a former actress who played a nun in the Oscar-winning musical, "The Sound of Music", says her prayers were truly answered. Despite the tragic circumstances, many local residents echo that same sentiment, taking some comfort in knowing that someone is watching over them.

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  • ID : 8095739
  • Dateline : Nov 13, 2018
  • Location : United States
  • Category : disaster and accident
  • Duration : 1'55
  • Audio Language : English/Nats
  • Source : China Global Television Network (CGTN)
  • Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
  • Published : 2018-11-14 13:01
  • Last Modified : 2018-11-14 15:24:00
  • Version : 3

USA-California Wildfire/Town

Paradise town evacuees find shelter after deadly fire

Dateline : Nov 13, 2018

Location : United States

Duration : 1'55

  • English


Paradise Town, California, USA - Nov 13, 2018 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of burnt trees, houses
2. Trees
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Rick Carhart, Cal Fire public information officer (starting with shot 1):
"The vegetation is as dry as it's ever been recorded before. The issue that we are running into is pretty much every single ember that flies away from the fire and hits the ground catches on fire."
4. Various of nurse Denise Gunderson helping fire survivors at shelter
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Denise Gunderson, nurse:
"We walked in and said, 'We're nurses. How can we help?' And they just almost started crying."
6. Gunderson talking to fire survivors
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Denise Gunderson, nurse (starting with shot 6):
"I'm a nurse. That's why you do. And I've been here for five days, probably 10 to 12 hours a day. Pretty much during those hours I don't think about what my daughter's lost, what I've lost. I walked into this place and immediately 10 of the people I saw had been my past patients on surgical units, so I know these people."
8. Gunderson talking to fire survivor Patty Saunders
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Patty Saunders, fire survivor:
"Everywhere we went there was fire --all around, top, all sides, in front and we kept stopping. The traffic would stop and then we finally got to a place where you couldn't go forward or backward. But I looked up and I saw the fire department --a big sign Paradise and a beautiful angel fireman with a big hose, and he was spraying everything and he was making our cars cool off."
10. Various of fire survivors in shelter


Massive flames burnt a swath of destruction through the U.S. Northern California town of Paradise, forcing many to evacuate their homes and find temporary shelter elsewhere.

Lives have been lost, homes have been destroyed, and hardly anything is left standing.

"The vegetation is as dry as it's ever been recorded before. The issue that we are running into is pretty much every single ember that flies away from the fire and hits the ground catches on fire," said Rick Carhart, a Cal Fire public information officer.

In a massive effort to help tens of thousands of evacuees, communities are banding together. The East Avenue Church is one of 22 pop-up shelters in the area. The shelter has no NGO affiliation and is run by an all volunteer team.

"We walked in and said, 'We're nurses. How can we help?' And they just almost started crying," said nurse Denise Gunderson.

Gunderson evacuated her home, which is still intact as far as she knows. But her daughter's home was destroyed and the hospital where she works is so badly damaged that it's not operating. She and a group of nurses, including her daughter, set up a triage system and are making regular rounds to check on the injured.

"I'm a nurse. That's why you do. And I've been here for five days, probably 10 to 12 hours a day. Pretty much during those hours I don't think about what my daughter's lost, what I've lost. I walked into this place and immediately 10 of the people I saw had been my past patients on surgical units, so I know these people," she said.

Patty Saunders, a 90-year-old Paradise resident, narrowly escaped the fire.

"Everywhere we went there was fire --all around, top, all sides, in front and we kept stopping. The traffic would stop and then we finally got to a place where you couldn't go forward or backward. But I looked up and I saw the fire department --a big sign Paradise and a beautiful angel fireman with a big hose, and he was spraying everything and he was making our cars cool off," said the nonagenarian.

Saunders, a former actress who played a nun in the Oscar-winning musical, "The Sound of Music", says her prayers were truly answered. Despite the tragic circumstances, many local residents echo that same sentiment, taking some comfort in knowing that someone is watching over them.

ID : 8095739

Published : 2018-11-14 13:01

Last Modified : 2018-11-14 15:24:00

Source : China Global Television Network (CGTN)

Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland

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