The Los Angeles wildfires are “worse than being in a movie because you’re living it”, a Co Cork man living in Altadena has said, after he and his partner “lost everything in just five hours”.
Andrew Duggan has lived in Altadena in Los Angeles for the past few years, where he has a house and design studio with his partner, Renata.
The wildfires around Los Angeles have killed at least ten people and destroyed nearly 10,000 structures, with five fires burning into a third night. Dry desert winds fanning the flames have again gathered strength.
Mr Duggan said he left his home an hour after his area received a final evacuation notice at around 2am yesterday…