California TV journalist files from outside his burning house
Posted by
Patrick Smith
on 24 October 2007 at 12:49
Tags: Journalism
As the devastating wildfires continue to burn in California, US journalists are pulling out all the stops to keep their viewers and readers informed.
Some 350,000 homes were destroyed as of last night (Tuesday) and unfortunately one of them was that of reporter Larry Himmel, of News 8, a CBS affiliate in San Diego.
Himmel bravely reported the carnage live standing outside his burning house just outside Rancho Barnardo, that he and his family had lived in for 25 years. Wearing goggles and a protective suit at 12.42pm yesterday, he says: “On any given day I would say ‘welcome to my home’, but this all that’s left of my home.
“That was our garage, the living room over there…there was a porch, back there the bedrooms.”
The foundations of the house are barely visible as smoke fills the air.
News 8’s anchor describes Himmel as one of the longest-serving 8 News reporters.
Himmel signs off saying, “This was a living hell coming over the hill, and this is what I come home to today.”
The reporter returned to his house for a second report an hour later, which he stood outside “what once was” his front door.
