A California family used their pool pump and hoses to fight off the Palisades Fire, which ravaged their neighborhood. Nora Golling and her family, along with other residents, battled the flames and saved their homes, but faced a lack of public resources and dwindling water supplies. The fire spread rapidly, leaving many homes destroyed and residents desperate for help.
Nora Golling lives in Palisades Highlands, the community nearest the origin of the Palisades Fire , which began about 10 a.m. Monday. As the inferno grew, members of her family fought the flames and doused spot fires using water from the small pool in their backyard.
The fire burned the family’s patio furniture and outdoor umbrella, but they kept their house safe using a pool pump, water hoses and buckets of tap water.“I can barely talk,” she told HuffPost via text message. “I’m really a nervous wreck.” Golling’s husband and two sons joined other neighbors to battle fires at their houses on their own. At their home, they had a pool pump that fed into what she described as “like a mini fireman hose.”“The fire traveled so fast down to the village that it was horrifying,” she said. “We don’t have any big active fires , but there are small spot fires going on, and with the wind picking up, I’m afraid this will not go well.
Golling seemed taken aback at the lack of public resources coming into her area to fight the flames. Neighbors are sending appeals for help on social media as they see their hopes diminishing while firetrucks are pulled to other locations.“Residents have pumps and are protecting homes. But they are out of water,” he warned. “Winds ramping. Homes burning and fire spreading again. Pools empty.
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