Crazy video: Men use garden hose to battle massive wildfire in California

Friday, August 10, 2018
LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. (WTVD) -- Wildfires have been blazing in California for weeks and some residents are proving that they refuse to sit by and let the fires burn on.




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Intense video captured several men in Lake Elsinore trying to battle a massive wildfire with a garden hose.

That's right, the men were using the common hose to try and douse the flames outside of a home.

Warning: The full video below contains sensitive material that has been blocked


Raw footage of men battling fire


As the men battle the blaze, police were seen rushing in.
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"Anybody else in the house?" police asked.



"No, nobody is here ... we need the fire department (sic)," one man yelled back off-screen.



The fire started on Monday but is only five percent contained.



A State of Emergency was declared in California after the fire started to burn on more than 10,000 acres.
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