{"id":2388326,"date":"2025-01-09T12:33:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T17:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-man-found-dead-with-hose-in-hand-as-uncontained-wildfires-spread\/"},"modified":"2025-01-09T12:34:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T17:34:14","slug":"california-man-found-dead-with-hose-in-hand-as-uncontained-wildfires-spread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-man-found-dead-with-hose-in-hand-as-uncontained-wildfires-spread\/","title":{"rendered":"California Man Found Dead with Hose in Hand as Uncontained Wildfires Spread"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalifornia-man-found-dead-with-hose-in-hand-as-uncontained-wildfires-spread%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2388326&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-photo-show-the-monster-building-in-hong-kong-with-hundreds-of-floors\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Does This Photo Show The Monster Building In Hong Kong With Hundreds Of Floors?\">article reports<\/a> on \u200cthe \u200btragic death of \u2062Victor Shaw, \u200ba 66-year-old man who perished while\u2063 trying to protect his family&#8217;s home from\u2064 the\u200d Eaton fire \u200cin southern California. His \u2062charred \u200dbody was discovered clutching a hose, indicating \u200bhis struggle to fend off the flames.Shaw&#8217;s family home had been in their \u2062possession for over 50\u200b years, and despite his \u200bsister Shari&#8217;s insistence that \u200che evacuate, \u200che chose to stay and fight the fire. She recounted \u200dher desperate \u200battempt to save herself as the situation worsened. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/final-defendants-go-on-trial-three-years-since-failed-plot-to-kidnap-gov-whitmer\/\" title=\"Final defendants face trial three years after failed plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer.\">fires \u2063continue<\/a> to blaze across \u2063Los Angeles\u2063 County, with over 130,000\u200b residents under evacuation orders, over 1,000 structures have already been lost. The situation is compounded \u2062by\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-road-tests-potential-vice-presidential-picks-in-iowa\/\" title=\"Trump tests potential VP picks in Iowa\">challenging \u200bweather conditions<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">including strong winds<\/a> and low \u200bhumidity.Firefighting efforts \u200dinvolve around 2,500 personnel, yet many fires remain uncontained. This incident highlights the severe risks and devastating\u200b impacts\u2062 of wildfires in the \u200dregion.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>One of the five confirmed deaths from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/larry-elder-highlights-newsoms-failures-at-l-a-area-rally\/\" title=\"Larry Elder highlights Newsom\u2019s failures at L.A. area rally\">fires sweeping<\/a> across southern California was that of 66-year-old Victor Shaw, who died trying to defend his family&rsquo;s home from the Eaton fire.<\/p>\n<p>Shaw&rsquo;s body was found on Wednesday morning, charred and clutching a hose, <a href=\"https:\/\/ktla.com\/news\/local-news\/eaton-fire-victim-dies-holding-a-hose-defending-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KTLA<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>He was reportedly trying to fend off the fire.<\/p>\n<p>The home had been in the family for over five decades.<\/p>\n<p>His younger sister, Shari Shaw, had unsuccessfully tried to convince him to evacuate on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>She said, her older brother insisted on staying behind to fight the fire as she was running out of the home.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When I went back in and yelled out his name, he didn&rsquo;t reply back, and I had to get out because the embers were so big and flying like a firestorm &mdash; I had to save myself,&rdquo; Shari Shaw told KTLA.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And I looked behind me, and the house was starting to go up in flames, and I had to leave,&rdquo; she continued.<\/p>\n<p>Al Tanner, a family friend of the Shaws, added, &ldquo;It looks like he was trying to save the home that his parents had for almost 55 years.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Shari Shaw described to KTLA how she reacted to the death.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I fell to the ground, and I didn&rsquo;t know &mdash; I didn&rsquo;t want to look at him,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;They just told me that he was lying on the ground and that he looked serene, as if he was at peace.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The death of Shaw comes as over 130,000 residents in Los Angeles County are under evacuation orders and numerous fires continue to rage: the Palisades, Sunset, Eaton, Hurst, and Lidia fires, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2025-01-08\/fire-weather-fierce-winds-los-angeles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At least 1,000 structures have been destroyed by the Palisades fire, while another 1,000 were either destroyed or damaged by the Eaton fire, per officials with the Los Angeles County Fire Department.<\/p>\n<p>There are roughly 2,500 firefighters assigned to those two blazes, which have been worsened by fast winds, dry plant life, and low humidity in recent days, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/environmentalism-obsessed-la-doesnt-enough-water-fight-fire-effectively\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">strained water resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/think-kamala-bad-vp-look-woman-shortlist-just-wildfire-racked-los-angeles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fire<\/a> broke out in Hollywood Hills on Wednesday evening, further stretching already limited emergency resources, according to the Times.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What we saw here in the last 24 hours is unprecedented,&rdquo; Los Angeles Police Department Chief Jim McDonnell said on Wednesday. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve never seen anything like this.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The fires were entirely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/leftists-sickening-response-conservative-actor-james-woods-home-burns-california-fire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">uncontained<\/a> in the early hours of Thursday, with the exception of the Hurst and Lidia fires, which were 10 and 40 percent contained, respectively.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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According to KTLA, his body was discovered on Wednesday morning, burned and holding a hose as he tried to combat the flames. The family had owned the home for over fifty years. His younger sister, Shari Shaw, had urged him to evacuate on Tuesday but he chose to stay and fight the fire while she escaped. \u201cWhen I went back in and called for him, he didn\u2019t respond, and I had to get out because the embers were so large and flying like a firestorm \u2014 I needed to save myself,\u201d Shari recounted. She looked back just as their house began catching fire. Family friend Al Tanner noted that it seemed Victor was trying to save a home that had been in their family for nearly 55 years. Shari expressed her grief over her brother&#8217;s death: \u201cI fell down; I didn\u2019t want to see him,\u201d she said. \u201cThey told me he was lying there looking peaceful.\u201d This tragedy occurs amid evacuation orders affecting over 130,000 residents in Los Angeles County as multiple fires continue raging: Palisades, Sunset, Eaton, Hurst, and Lidia fires according to reports from the Los Angeles Times. The Palisades fire has destroyed at least 1,000 structures while another 1,000 have been damaged or destroyed by the Eaton fire according to officials with Los Angeles County Fire Department. Approximately 2,500 firefighters are battling these two blazes which have been exacerbated by strong winds and dry conditions recently along with limited water resources available for firefighting efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Another blaze ignited in Hollywood Hills on Wednesday evening further stretching already scarce emergency resources as reported by Times journalists. &#8220;What we witnessed here in just one day is unprecedented,&#8221; stated Jim McDonnell of LAPD on Wednesday adding that he&#8217;s never encountered anything like it before. As of early Thursday morning most fires remained uncontained except for Hurst and Lidia which were reported at ten percent and forty percent containment respectively<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2388327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Eaton-Fire.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4045,6499,3976,23907],"class_list":["post-2388326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-california","tag-death","tag-investigation","tag-wildfires"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Eaton-Fire.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2388326"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2388330,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388326\/revisions\/2388330"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2388327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2388326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2388326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2388326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}