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Family Visiting Philadelphia Describes Leaving L.A. As Fires Burn: "It Felt Apocalyptic"
"As we took off through the sky, it was very scary. Everything smelled like a bonfire," Brian Isaacs, who lives in West Hollywood, said.
January 9, 2025
Grace Isaacs and her brother Brian had planned their flight from Los Angeles to Philadelphia for their grandfather's 90th birthday well before flames began tearing through Southern California. As they boarded their flight Wednesday afternoon, the pair were fleeing several catastrophic wildfires.
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"It looked like a movie. It looked eerie. The sky was black," Grace Isaacs, a Burbank resident, said. "Driving to LAX was unbelievable — the sun looked like a ball of fire."
Brian Isaacs, who lives in West Hollywood, admitted he wasn't sure their flight would even take off.
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