New photo Woman films her terrifying escape through California wildfire

A terrifying video shows a woman's hellish drive through deadly California wildfire as sparks fly around her car.

Rebecca Hackett, of Agoura Hills, feared for her life as she drove through the raging Woolsey Fire along Kanan Road in Malibu over the weekend.

She said she 'barely made it out' after battling through flames while leaving White Cloud Ranch, a stable in Malibu where she keeps horses.  

The clip shows the huge blaze burning around the highway as she drives into a tunnel.

When she emerges, the whole sky is amber and flames and sparks are seen flying toward her windscreen.

'Oh my God, please let me out of here, please God, please let me out of here,' she can be heard saying through tears. 

'I filmed this today when I driving on Kanan in Malibu, leaving the barn, I barely made it out,' Rebecca, whose father is professional skateboarder Dave Hackett, wrote on Instagram alongside the video.

'Stay safe out there. Praying for all the people and animals today in this horrific fire.'

She later posted another video, adding that the fire had come 'out of nowhere' and she was 'happy to be alive.'

She added: 'Thank god we are all OK, our horses are safe and OK. Everything burned.

'Thank you to all the fire fighters, police, police escorts, first responders, volunteers, animal rescue and everyone who risked and continue to risk their lives to save the animals, people and homes in Malibu and surrounding areas. You are the heros!! We love you we love you we love you!!! Thank you!!'

Rebecca Hackett (pictured after escaping) feared for her life as she drove through the raging Woolsey Fire along Kanan Road in Malibu over the weekend

On Tuesday, alongside a selfie of herself wearing a protective mask, she wrote: 'Happy to be alive. I am so proud of the Malibu community and all the kind strangers that I have met. Thank you for all your support and love. My heart goes out to all my friends and people who have lost everything. We are here for you. Let me know what you need.'

The LA County Sheriff's Twitter account shared Rebecca's video, adding that it 'shows the dangers of a fast moving fire and how important it is to leave affected areas after fire officials declare an evacuation order.' 

Others hailed her a hero for staying behind to ensure all the horses at the ranch were safe.

'This woman, Rebecca Hackett, is a hero, leaving it late to save all those horses. She managed to escape in the nick of time,' Steve Dennis wrote on Twitter.

Rebecca has been hailed a hero after staying until the last minute to help evacuate horses from a ranch in Malibu

Another added: 'A heroic woman named Rebecca Hackett drove through this hellfire unscathed after helping 48 horses escape. Miraculous.'

Recalling her experience fleeing the fire, Rebecca told ABC 7: 'I drove through flames for about two minutes. I thought I was going to die.'

She added: 'I felt the strongest wind I ever felt in my life. The fire came so quickly.

'One minute it was calm and then suddenly they were on top of us, so we had to evacuate.'

On Tuesday, thousands of people have returned to neighborhoods evacuated during Southern California's wildfire but officials said the threat is far from over.

The huge blaze briefly gained renewed life Tuesday with a flare-up in the Santa Monica Mountains before water- and fire retardant-dropping aircraft beat it back.

A firefighter battles a fire along the Ronald Reagan Freeway in Simi Valley on Monday

Spot fires burn on the hills above Pepperdine University during the Woolsey fire on Monday

However, except for an apartment building that burned in coastal Malibu, there was little sign of fire activity elsewhere in the vast burn zone west of Los Angeles.

The weeklong blaze in Ventura and Los Angeles counties had blackened an area about the size of Denver and was 40 percent contained.

Since last Thursday, the blaze had marched steadily toward the sea, engulfing mobile homes, scenic canyon getaways and celebrity estates.

Authorities allowed residents back into several communities on Tuesday, including a section of Malibu. Other areas have been repopulated since the weekend. Tens of thousands of people remained under evacuation orders, down from a high of as many as 250,000.

The remains of burnt down homes and vehicles are seen on Busch Drive in Malibu, California

The remnants of a home along Mulholland Highway in the hills above Malibu after it was destroyed in the Woolsey Fire

Officials tempered optimism with caution, saying there were hotspots and pockets of unburned vegetation that could ignite.

'We are not out of the woods yet. We still have some incredibly tough conditions ahead of us,' Ventura County Fire Chief Mark Lorenzen said.

The death toll from the Woolsey fire stood at two - a pair of adults found last week in a car overtaken by flames. They have not been identified.

The number of homes and other structures destroyed had reached 435 but that number was sure to rise, warned Los Angeles County Fire Chief Daryl Osby.

Some people who stayed behind in coastal communities that were cut off by road closures got supplies by boat. Gas, food, baby wipes and horse pellets were among the items brought ashore in the Paradise Cove area of Malibu. Some residents donned wetsuits and swam ashore with cases of water and beer.

Residents seeking to return to Malibu wait at a checkpoint on Pacific Coast Highway after Woolsey Fire evacuation orders were lifted for the eastern portion of the city on Tuesday

The fire had burned near 152 square miles of brush and timber, destroying more than 80 percent of National Parks Service land in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.

The cause of the Southern California fires remained under investigation.

Downed power lines and blown transformers have been blamed for several of the deadly fires that have burned in recent years.

Meanwhile, a lawsuit was filed Tuesday over a wildfire in Northern California, where at least 48 people were confirmed dead in the Camp Fire that obliterated the town of Paradise.

The suit on behalf of some victims accuses Pacific Gas & Electric Co. of causing the massive blaze.

A landowner near where the fire began said PG&E notified her the day before the wildfire that crews needed to come onto her property because some wires were sparking.

 

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