California resident ‘fought until we couldn’t fight anymore’ as wildfire rages through home

As wildfires raged through Los Angeles County, a California resident “fought” to save his home from the fire. deadly flames.

Orly Israel is among the thousands of citizens of the great Los Angeles area facing multiple wildfires this week. As of noon Thursday, the fires have claimed at least five lives and burned more than 27,000 acres.

“We just fought until we couldn’t fight anymore, until it got so hot you couldn’t even stand in the backyard without burning your eyes,” Israel said Thursday in “your world“.

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like him the flames spread While heading home, Israel and a friend tried to put out the fire.

“You have to fight. If the fight comes to you, you bring the fight, and we had the hoses. We had all the pillows thrown away. The hot tub was ready to be thrown out,” he explained.

“We stood there knowing we had a plan. The moment we thought those trees were going to fall and block the road, we got out. All the cars were ready to go, so there was no chance of us being stuck there. based ​​in our own opinions.”

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Eventually, the rapidly spreading flames forced Israel and his friend from the property.

While officials try put out forest firesIsrael urges his fellow Californians to “be strong” and “take action again” to help restore the City of Angels.

“Things are just things. We have people around. Right now, we’re taking action. We’re getting GoFundMes, a ‘clean up the Palisades’ GoFundMe. People are trying to make t-shirts that can raise money. We sat down yesterday , but now is the time to take action again, and there are still things that can be done,” Israel told Fox News host Trace Gallagher.

“Muhammad Ali, I think he lost a fight, he came back. George Foreman lost a fight, he came back. A house is a house, but the people are strong. Everyone texts #PalisadesStrong. It’s a little corny being on the other side of a #strong, but this is where we have to be strong or we have to sit, and the moment we can go out and start cleaning, we will go out and clean.”

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Fox News Digital’s Greg Norman, Elizabeth Pritchett, Christina Shaw, Bradford Betz, Joshua Comins, Alex Nitzberg, Pilar Arias, Michael Ruiz, Anders Hagstrom, Greg Wehner and Louis Casiano contributed to this report.