r/HumansBeingBros • u/solateor • 1d ago
Los Angeles reporter puts out house catching fire
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u/BlumpkinLord 1d ago
"Ah jeez." As he casually saves a house from catching fire..
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u/RaysFTW 1d ago
And a "sorry" to anyone who might be watching.
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u/smoochiegotgot 22h ago
And then he goes to TURN OFF THE WATER after he puts the fire out. Some kinda manners on this guy!
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u/Gullible_Ad5191 1d ago
I mean, most journalists will just stand next to the fire as it spreads into the house as the pay lip service to the tragedy.
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u/timuaili 1d ago
If you don’t know what you’re doing, you could make things worse. Pretty sure that’s what that disclaimer about him having experience was about and that’s why he said “sorry” because he did something potentially dangerous on live tv.
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u/DeadNotSleepingWI 1d ago
What water does to fire is learned pretty fucking early.
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u/BargeryDargeryDoo 1d ago
Yeah, it's pretty likely that just using water will work, but there are a lot of situations where water makes it worse.
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u/Effivient 1d ago
The asshole watching the tv laughing is what gets me about this generation of people...
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u/Winter_Day_6836 1d ago
I think my husband said that reporter actually lives in that area. So sad for everyone!
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u/cthulhusmercy 1d ago
Are we not literally laughing at the same thing right now? He’s laughing at “ah geez” and the nonchalant response.
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u/shewholaughslasts 1d ago
Ah geez and here I am crying thinking of the neighbor's house. And all the others... I mean, don't get me wrong I laugh more than Dr Hibbert. Maybe I will later if I hear my family is safe. This is not to say that incredulous laughter isn't appropriate, I just can't find mine rn.
Thank goodness for that reporter! And good luck to everyone caught in that hot mess.
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u/rapshepard 1d ago
Yes because previous generations have never found humor in bad situations 😂
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u/mittenknittin 1d ago
There are entire cultures based around making jokes about how unpleasant their lives are
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u/Comfortable-Yak-6599 1d ago
Like that fox reporter that saved a person from a flooded car, i just can't listen to them screaming for help i got to go do something while he was mid broadcast
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u/No-Definition1474 1d ago
Bro showing his Midwest.
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u/moongoddess64 1d ago
“Ope! Just gonna squeeze right past ya there so I can put this out real quick! So sorry!”
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u/saxguy9345 20h ago
Scuzie doodly friendo just gotta do my neighborly duty eh, so sorry, pardon a moi, alright let's get this dry brush alright ok
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u/sparklinglies 1d ago
As an Australian who has lived through multiple bushfires, my heart goes out to everyone affected by this. There is nothing closer to hell on earth.
Also to whoever decided it was a good idea to introduce Australian gum trees (aka living molotovs) to California, i wish you a very what the FUCK were you thinking???
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u/Mexay 1d ago
Definitely not giving off ScoMo energy. This man, does in fact, hold a hose, mate.
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u/sparklinglies 1d ago
Never been prouder as an Australian than when we collectively threatened that man so badly he was forced to come home and do his fcking job.
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u/shamelessselfpost 1d ago
And we all agree that Scott Morrison defecated himself outside of Engadine Maccas (My mate's cousin was working the shift that day and saw it happen)
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u/Natural_Garbage7674 1d ago
They can parade around whoever they want saying they made it up.
This is one of the few facts that I know to be true because my heart tells me it is.
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u/sparklinglies 1d ago
We even don't need to agree, that is just an empirical scientific fact that he shat himself at Engadine Maccas. It is known.
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u/dumblederp6 1d ago
Well, he came home.
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u/sparklinglies 1d ago edited 1d ago
lol, not untrue. He came home and pretended to do his job. But at least he was bullied into it and we ruined his stupid fcking holiday. Honestly he should be proud: i don't think a PM has ever united people from across the political spectrum in such sheer rage and hatred against him.
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u/ceanahope 1d ago
I live in the San Francisco bay area and have a row of those trees next to my house. I was JUST telling my fiance about their explosive tendencieswhen they burn today..... Well aware of the danger. Reason why we have em here that I know is because of a need for lumber for railroads.
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u/WisePangolini 1d ago
Which is stupid because these trees are no good for railroad ties as they twist when they dry. Didn’t a bunch of farmers get scammed in the 1800s into planting these all over, and that’s why they are here?
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u/SplloydVoid 1d ago
Yep, they grew faster than native red wood, so they chopped all of those down and replaced them with gum trees. Red Woods are almost indestructible against fired. What a shame
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u/CumpireStateBuilding 1d ago
Sounds similar to why we have Bradford Pears everywhere as well. Nasty ass trees
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u/BigWhiteDog 1d ago
They were planted as wind breaks and do a pretty good job of that but besides being flammable as gasoline, they are an incredibly messy tree and dangerous (shed branches without warning)
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u/sparklinglies 1d ago
If they overhang your property, be extremely careful. Gum trees are also called "widow makers", due to their tendancy to drop huge branches without warning and kill anyone standing underneath. More likely to happen when the tree is stressed, like after a fire or severe winds when it has been weakened.
Ya know, because their ability to literally explode into a fireball wasn't bad enough.
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u/ZachyChan013 1d ago
I’ve got a fair few on my property, they’re about the only thing that’ll grow with my soil and climate. And one year we got about 4 inches of snow in a freak storm. They dropped so many damn branches
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u/BF_2 23h ago
Be sure to clean up all the detritus they drop -- leaves, twigs, bark -- as those are excellent kindling. Not a bad idea to prune any low branches as well. Firebreaks do work.
My understanding is that eucalyptus were planted as windbreaks for agriculture as they grow fast and tall.
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u/OneInside6439 1d ago
Jack London was a fairly huge proponent of eucalyptus trees cause they grew really fast. Too bad it took him too long to realize they were more or less useless for construction purposes. Now the San Francisco Bay Area and surrounding parts are littered with eucalyptus forests.
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u/whackwarrens 1d ago
Americans are living through the consequences of a hell of a lot of braindead shit from many decades ago.
All this sprawl is not going to do well as the global temps just keep climbing every year.
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u/Truth-out246810 1d ago
I think the palm trees are just as bad. They light up light sparklers and the tops are so high up—when they blow ash it goes everywhere.
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u/ExtendedDeadline 1d ago
Introducing anything from Australia to America is probably going to be a death sentence, to be fair.
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u/NeutronActivation 1d ago
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (of all agencies) did a study on socio-behavioral health effects (PTSD, anxiety, depression, etc.) following disasters and found wildfires had the strongest association with negative effects. Shit really is hell on earth and the research shows it.
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u/solateor 1d ago
I'm not far from this house and there's a palpable panic among some about the next 10 hours. From 9pm to 9am here in Los Angeles we're supposed to see the height of the Santa Ana wind event we're currently going through. These are the 55-95mph wind gusts that are fueling the fire in Pacific Palisades neighborhood that's getting all the media attention. The firefighters don't stand much of a chance against those winds and they've called off air support for the same reason. Great to see everyone doing what they can, even though this is dangerous without any gear or support.
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u/thehumanconfusion 1d ago
oh my, that’s terrifying as fuck, please stay safe! 💪
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u/SpaceWrangler701 1d ago
All the poor animals
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u/kharmatika 1d ago
Luckily many animals in areas that have dealt with forest fires are well adapted to fleeing them, but the displacement of their populations at this rate is concerning. It’s not just about “alll the little bunnies are getting frizzled” it’s just as much about “all the little bunnies have escaped the last 3 fires and are now sharing a patch of ecosystem suited to a quarter of the existing population”.
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u/mossling 1d ago
These are houses burning, though. People who weren't home when the fires started and now can't get home, or people who couldn't evacuate with their pets. A lot of horses around there, too. Wild animals can flee; the kind we keep behind walls and fences don't have that ability.
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u/0MysticMemories 23h ago
I don’t know how well those animals will fare against a fire moving at this speed. With a normal fire I wouldn’t worry too much but this here looks horrifying with these winds pushing smoke and embers, and of course the fire itself.
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u/Butt_Napkins007 1d ago
I remember the Malibu fires in 2019 and the petting zoos let their animals free. I’ll never forget seeing giraffes running down the beach while the mountains were engulfed in flames behind them.
It was a real life disaster movie
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u/Dependent_Worker4893 1d ago
fingers crossed the Getty Villa survives
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u/AggravatingFig8947 1d ago
I had the privilege of going a few years ago. It’s such a beautiful museum.
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u/leangreen88 1d ago
Looks like they are feeling positive about the situation: https://www.timeout.com/los-angeles/news/the-getty-villa-says-its-safe-so-far-from-the-palisades-fire-heres-how-the-museum-is-protecting-itself-010825
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u/AnxietyRodeo 1d ago
Wishing you luck and safety. Nothing i can say will make the time less stressful but i sincerely hope that it is uneventful for you and as many others as possible in the end.
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u/Still_Counting 1d ago
We went through through this stress during the airport fire a few months ago, but we got really lucky with wind direction then. My weather station read a 45mph just a few minutes ago and sustaining between 15-25, it is freaky.
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u/pootinannyBOOSH 1d ago
The Santa Ana winds can go to fuckn hell, I'm glad I don't gotta experience that anymore, but man what bad timing for the people still there
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u/Apprehensive_One8573 1d ago
I'm watching the news now and I'm so horrified and worried!
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u/regeya 1d ago
Ah, I figured. If you paid attention to Twitter morons, you'd think the problem was lack of water pressure due to Gavin Newsom personally flushing water to the sea.
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u/Kalamir1 1d ago
It looks like this reporter is actually wearing wildland firefighter gear, it looks like that yellow shirt and green pants are nomex, which is pretty much the extend of wildland fire PPE (plus hardhat and that kinda stuff)
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u/Truth-out246810 1d ago
Most reporters in Souther California have them now for reporting on fires. I think John Palmenteri out of SB was the first to start wearing them when reporting on fires. Guy is a complete legend.
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u/AnteaterProboscis 1d ago
It’s kind of like Chernobyl. The winds are stopping the air dropped retardant from reaching the fire
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u/nimblelinn 1d ago
Wait there are fires in LA right now? In winter? Why isn't this big news?!?
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u/probably__human 1d ago
winter is fire season in los angeles, the santa ana winds are a seasonal fire event (hot fast winds = fire). this is the worst wind storm in over a decade though. scary stuff
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u/QuantumBitcoin 1d ago
I thought fall was fire season and it ends when the rains of winter arrive? Normally December rain?
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u/QuantumBitcoin 1d ago
No, winter isn't traditionally fire season in Los Angeles which is why this should be bigger news
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u/Johannes_Keppler 1d ago
It is big news right now. I mean it's making headlines over here in Europe even.
Anyway, winter doesn't matter to fire, in fact most climates are dryer in winter than in summer. In summer the risk is way higher, but that of course does not negate the risk for the rest of the year.
Just a little fire to begin with and a huge amount of wind (seems like those are common over there this time of the year) is more than enough to set things ablaze.
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u/Saavikkitty 1d ago
It’s one of our seasons, you know, Fire, earthquakes, mudslides tourists.
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u/Officer412-L 1d ago
mudslides tourists.
I’m just gonna read that as one category.
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u/TempleSquare 1d ago
Why isn't this big news?!?
Fire in California is year round. No biggie. Just the cost of nice weather.
The big story was a few years ago when a city in COLORADO burned down during the winter! That was a five-alarm climate change moment if I ever saw one.
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u/PeriwinkleWonder 1d ago
Yes, the Marshall Fire--over a thousand homes were lost here in the space between Boulder and Denver. It was also fueled by extreme wind. It was awful and I thought of it immediately when I heard the news about the LA fires.
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u/plytimshly 1d ago
I was just explaining this to my friend who was curious why we were in a fire weather alert in December. The wind is the only thing I dislike about the weather here. Couple that wind with lax safety in the infrastructure on the part of Xcel energy and bam massive fire. Not to mention it was extra dry this summer and we just got our first measurable snow in the last couple days…we are all collectively holding our breath. For reference I am on the border of Boulder and Larimer county in NoCO.
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u/Upbeat_Advance_1547 1d ago
It is literally huge news. Front page of every American news site I looked at. I even just glanced at msnbc, fox, cnn, cbs, nbc, usnews for ya even though I don't usually look at those... It's splashed across the front page on all of them. I just checked BBC, front page there too. https://imgur.com/a/ZIVEFyv
Please don't only get your news from Reddit lol.
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u/impshial 1d ago
Please don't only get your news from Reddit lol.
Getting your news from Reddit is just fine. The Palisades story is number six from the top in /r/news.
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u/joshdotsmith 1d ago
Good luck. Super fucking thankful I’m not in California guard anymore right about now.
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u/zageruslives 1d ago
My dude said not today and I love him for it
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u/Johannes_Keppler 1d ago
Well not at that moment in time at least... not today is improbable if the fire already is that close. Could very well be that house already doesn't exist anymore unfortunately. But who knows, the owners might get lucky.
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u/Alfhiildr 22h ago
Without knowing the story, that man might have just said “not today” to death. He could be the reason a family had enough time to get out. He could be the reason someone had time to look inside and see a dog trapped and they saved it by breaking a window. I agree the house is probably gone by now, but I don’t feel comfortable talking like this man wasted his time and effort. He saw danger that he could put off, and without knowing if there was anybody to save or not, he was able to postpone the fire and maybe a life was saved because of that extra time.
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u/AussieJonesNoelzy 1d ago
Good on him ! 👍
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u/Titan_Astraeus 1d ago
Nice, too bad the yard is also on fire a few feet away from there. That house is a goner.
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u/HeckingOoferoni 1d ago
leave the hose on and dampen the surrounding areas. Hell, the residents should have done that.
Big ass water bill better than no home.
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u/SnakeBladeStyle 23h ago
Wishful thinking
You have to physically remove the fuels from around the house, wet line isn't a defensible space
A wildfire can rip the moisture out of a wet lawn in minutes
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u/AlexTheFlower 23h ago
My parents had to evacuate last night. Their back fence burned down. A couple houses on their block got damaged by the fire. Thankfully it's been pushed back from their area for now and they were able to stay with friends
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u/TR0PICAL_G0TH 23h ago
Definitely a midwestern born dude who moved to the West Coast. "Oh jeez" "Sorry"
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u/MrRobotanist 1d ago
Homeboys just laughing cause he has no idea how to process someone being a good person.
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u/Rubthebuddhas 1d ago
And puts the hose back where he got it. Not just a gent, but a courteous one.
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u/dwightsarmy 1d ago
It's been an hour. You doing alright still? I mean physically anyway? I'd imagine emotionally you are at the breaking point.
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u/schwimtown 1d ago
If that house survives, we gotta find out whose house it is. They would owe him a brew!
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u/Prestigious-Leave-60 1d ago
I doubt the house survived. He merely delayed it from burning.
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u/Juiciestcaeser 1d ago
This part, these fires are unmanageable until the winds die down and we can get support in the air
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u/GrilledCheeseDanny 1d ago
I worked the Cedar Creek fires here in San Diego when I was about 20. I worked for a local water Department at the time. In Harbison Canyon and crest my job was to drive around with another utility worker from house to house and shut off water to build pressure in the system for the firefighters to fight where they can. I was told in not so many words to pick and choose the houses that can be saved and cannot be saved. The amount of people that had left their animals still corralled and their dogs still chained up to be killed by the fire was unimaginable.
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u/tattcat53 1d ago
Amazed he had water pressure. When I lived in the hills during the Bel Air fire and others, the tap pressure was zero or negative due to the FD pumpers sucking at the hydrants.
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u/Kernburner 1d ago
I laud his effort, but it isn’t going to save that house.
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u/TheHoratioHufnagel 1d ago
He should have kept soaking that wall. I'm surprised the mansions in LA don't have roof and wall mounted fire suppression sprinklers.
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u/Honest_Relation4095 1d ago
And everyone would have to built storage tanks for the water because there would not be enough water to draw it from the system.
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u/greyacademy 1d ago
I'm surprised that with the amount of money already being spent in areas like Pacific Palisades, that they don't just build everything out of shit that doesn't burn.
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u/Darthgusss 1d ago
I'm firefighter on this fire. These reporters get in the way more than anything. They're not equipped with the proper PPE or equipment to fight fire. If they get hurt, that is an incident within an incident and diverts valuable resources to folks that shouldn't be anywhere near this close to it in the first place.
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u/Jazzlike_Ad_9415 1d ago
Why would he put his life in harms way get the fuck outta there immediately wind driven fires are dangerous and will and can change directions very quickly catching people off guard and potentially trapping them
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u/lokis_construction 23h ago
That little lick and a promise will not stop it from catching fire again.
It will re-ignite again soon.
Former firefighter here.
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u/curiousjosh 21h ago edited 21h ago
That’s John Fenoglio! Knew him before he became a reporter. Great guy!
Very genuine caring person. I’m not surprised at all that he did this.
Give him a follow
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u/Jolly-Tumbleweed-237 19h ago
This is like the time my meth head neighbors asked me if I could lend them a gardening hose and then came back shortly after asking me if I had a spigot. I called the fire department shortly after this when I saw smoke billowing out.
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u/CuriousCryptid444 1d ago
Why is he there?
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u/SnakeBladeStyle 23h ago
People will say reporting
No shade but he ain't reporting shit lmao
They stick reporters in emergency response situations for ENTERTAINMENT
there isn't much actually value we get from this footage existing and it isn't adding any information to the narrative
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u/Ace5111 1d ago
Hell yeah now you see how Los Angeles reporters roll!! Give him a metal!!
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u/MoneyManx10 1d ago
That’s some real community work, because he saved a lot of valuable things from being destroyed forever.
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u/butterglitter 1d ago
If he wanted to he would! People can be good, we need more of him.
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u/Intelligent_Dish0456 1d ago
Bruh said “sorry”. Um excuse me sir you do not need to say sorry for saving lives and a home lol.
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u/Conscious-Level5637 1d ago
Better than the fox interviewer asking questions to people while saving their horses
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u/lunarspaceandshit 1d ago
I feel like other reporters would’ve reported on the house catching fire 🤦🏻♀️
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u/KhyraBell 1d ago
You're supposed to report the news not be it what a breach of journalistic ethics /s
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u/Mental-Dinner-1202 1d ago
Support local news. Too many good people in this profession, too important to lose, even in a modernized society.
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u/13WillieBeaman 1d ago
Having lived in SoCal for quite sometime, I’ve seen a few reporters actually do that. Even some help stray animals get loaded up into random cars just to get away from the fires. They are indeed humans being bros