In last week’s episode, campers were in the throes of panic and chaos as they prepared to evacuate their campground. This week, they navigate two miles down a narrow, winding dirt road, its perils made all the more dangerous by the oppressive smoke and encroaching flames from the Creek Fire.
Credits:
- Reporter/Producer: Kerry Klein
- Editor: Alice Daniel
- Web support: Alex Burke
- Music: written by Kevin MacLeod (songs: Acid Trumpet, Beauty Flow, Half Mystery, Rising Tide, Unanswered Questions, Winter Reflections)
- Sound effects: FreeSound
Below: two videos of flames and flying embers closing in on the lake where hundreds of evacuees had huddled for safety. (courtesy of Alex Tettamanti)
This is the second episode of KVPR’s podcast Escape From Mammoth Pool: the true story of how 242 people and 16 dogs escaped one of the fastest-moving wildfires in California’s recorded history.