Bodycam footage shows harrowing rescue from California wildfires
The sheriff's department in Sonoma County, California released bodycam footage showing officers driving through a flame-ridden neighborhood on Sunday in search of residents trapped by wildfire.
In the footage, which was taken around midnight, deputies shout "sheriff's office!" as they comb the area. At one point, they come upon a woman in a wheelchair outside her home and hoist her inside a police SUV.
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Later in the video, the officer wearing the camera drives through smoke, sparks, and at one point, what appear to be flames. "Gotta get out of here," he says to himself.
The wildfires began late Sunday in California's Napa and Sonoma Counties, decimating neighborhoods often with little to no warning.
As of Saturday morning, the death toll from the disaster had risen to 35.
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