They were notified that the hundreds of residents who live there were going to be evacuated because the fires had rapidly advanced overnight and were entering Poway.
In Poway, northeast of San Diego, Mike Perry and his neighbors watched in disbelief this week as fire climbed over a hill near his home and crept closer to his front door.
Just a quick note to share a California fire story which has not yet been told, about some amazing heroes who saved my grandma and hundreds of other elderly and disabled people in Poway, California, today.