Hundreds of drivers fled Interstate 5 as the fast-moving Delta fire surrounded them

Rafael Lomeli sat helpless in his truck, surrounded by a wall of flames that had jumped over Interstate 5.

He called his family to tell them he loved them; then he prayed. In the back of his semitruck sat 2,000 gallons of bottled water.

The sky grew dark and cloudy as the wind started to blow….

Source: Los Angeles Times