A trip to Hell A - LA on fire

Tv screen shot from the LA fires november15th, 2008. the largest fires in LA since 1961.
we came in on Hwy 5 from san francisco, the freeway just got re-opend near LA. it was like driving into hell. the fire had jumped the 8 lane freeway, left and right everything was burned black and small fire island were still flaming red as far as the eyes could see. it was a pretty grim and frightening experience to drive into the unknown of black smoke and random fire spots, not knowing what's ahead of us.