A St. Martins native is hunkering down with her family in Los Angeles as fires in the region continue to threaten her home.
Cayman Grant says she and her family are ready to evacuate if flames get get too close
CBC News
· Posted: Jan 10, 2025 5:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 9 hours ago
A number of major fires are burning in the Los Angeles area. Massive blazes in the city’s hilly Pacific Palisades neighourhood have sent thousands of people from their homes. (Etienne Laurent/The Associated Press)
A St. Martins native is hunkering down with her family in Los Angeles as fires in the region continue to threaten her home.
Cayman Grant, a TV and film director who now lives in L.A., said her home is in-between several active fires, including one in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood.
“We’re not out of the woods until at least [Friday] night at 6:00 p.m., when the winds die down,” said Grant.
The fire has the neighbourhood justifiably concerned, she said, especially whenever smoke is detected, even from false alarms.
“We woke up [Thursday morning] to a little scare. There was smoke about 800 yards away, and we found out it ended up being a food truck that caught fire.”
Several fires surround Grant’s Los Angeles home, marked as the blue dot. (Submitted by Cayman Grant)
Grant said she is keeping up to date,
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