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The Swede Simon Romanus and his family are on the run because of one of the most powerful fires in California in the United States. They were sleeping when the police hit. "We were able to escape from our homes in the middle of the night in chaotic conditions," he told TT.
Firefighters spray water for Woolsey Fire in Westlake Village
Simon Romanus, his wife Ninna Romanus and their two teenage daughters left their home in Westlake Village in northwestern Los Angeles during the night that has passed until Friday. The fire, called Woolsey, made the stay dangerous.
"In the middle of the night, the police came with sirens, knocked on the door, walked with torches and woke people up, and then the fire was so close that they did not want to let anyone in. houses, "said Simon Romanus, 47, on the phone from the Sherman Oaks neighborhood in Los Angeles.
In northern California, the campfire claimed the lives of at least 29 people. In southern California, the Woolsey fire, which forced Romanus to run, intensified.
"It's hard to imagine before ending up in such a situation, and it's hard to grasp when you're in the middle," says Simon Romanus.
"We are watching the news and know that many of our friends' homes have burned in. The people we know are far from home.
Simon Romanus describes how the family was thrown between hope and despair almost all the time, while trying to keep calm, finding joy in escaping a hell. He says that a close friend chose to stay to protect his home.
"He finally figured out that he could not go out, so he jumped into the car and went away from there." He then saw that there were power lines there. On the other side of the street, he had to turn around and from time to time a rescue helicopter passed through his house at that time, and he was able to pass them over. in the flames and was raised.
However, the Roman house seems to have succeeded.
"We did not know anything for two days, but we received a report that our house miraculously succeeded, it burned our entire residential area, but it seems to have exploded." He passed right and left around us, but our house seems to be left.
Simon Romanus does not know when or if the family can go home. Hot and dry winds should blow until Tuesday and add oxygen to the fires.
– You do not know what to expect. You just have to keep your thumbs and take it every day as it comes, "he says.
"I think that a very large number of people crashed into false fears when we heard that the fire had stopped and that his house was left." At the moment, they say it's going to start again. to explode, then you return to box one.
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