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"Just landed back home and had 1 hour to pack up & evacuate our home. I pray everyone is safe."

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The next day, the wildfire had come closer to the house than ever. Thanks to the way the cul-de-sac is arranged, if their house had gone up in flames, it would have only been a matter of time before the rest of the block went up as well, thanks to a kind of "domino effect" stemming from the direction of the fire and the bordering field.

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Here's a helicopter view of the house and surrounding neighborhood to get an idea of what firefighters were dealing with:

To try and prevent that from happening, the Wests weren't ready to depend on the already overburdened public fire department in the area, instead taking the step of hiring a team of their own armed with water hoses to fight off the blaze, digging copious ditches to create a "fire break" to prevent further spreading as well.

We don't know how much a thing like that costs, but whatever the expense it's proven to be worth it so far, and many of Kim and Kanye's neighbors are thankful for the extra effort in saving their homes from the blaze.