Wild moment Sunrise reporter is forced to take cover as shopfront explodes during California wildfires
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An Australian TV correspondent was forced to take cover during a live cross on the Los Angeles wildfires after a shopfront suddenly exploded. Sunrise's Isabelle Mullen was on the ground in Altadena, about 23km from LA's CBD, when her cameraman came within metres of the flames.
![[Mullen (pictured in Canberra) explained that a shopfront just metres from where she and her crew were filming had begun to burn furiously, forcing them to move away]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/09/03/93896979-14265093-Mullen_pictured_in_Canberra_explained_that_a_shopfront_just_metr-m-10_1736393224079.jpg)
'Cam, watch out,' she yelled out during the segment. 'We're just moving down a little bit guys. A shopfront that Cam was standing in front of has just erupted in flames,' she said. 'There seems to be some gas bottles or something inside that's exploding. It's already pushed a bit of the glass out.'.
![[The tragedy has been worsened by the fact that some of the destroyed homes (pictured) may have survived the inferno if there were better resources]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/09/03/93896883-14265093-image-a-11_1736393274337.jpg)
Mullen, who was wearing a smoke mask, was speaking with Channel Seven hosts Monique Wright and Michael Usher about the conditions. But amid the visible and horrific devastation in LA, the Australian correspondent did not expect to almost become part of the story herself.
Fortunately, Mullen and her cameraman were not hurt in the frightening encounter and she was able to continue her report. Sunrise's Isabelle Mullen (pictured) was on the ground in Altadena, about 23km from LA's CBD when she and her cameraman suffered a very close call.
Mullen (pictured in Canberra) explained that a shopfront just metres from where she and her crew were filming had begun to burn furiously, forcing them to move away. Mullen said the fires were 'out of control' because there wasn't enough firefighters to safely contain the blazes.
'There's no way that authorities at the moment can get a handle on this,' she said. 'You can see the number of people right now getting out-of-tow. Police are chasing their tails. There's another fire emergency just before us here. But at the end of the street, as you were saying, is that petrol station.
