California wildfires: Police officer bodycam captures his 'last moments' as he walks through raging Camp Fire
Driver of bulldozer took Deputy Aaron Parmley and others to safety
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Your support makes all the difference.A Northern California sheriff's office released harrowing bodycamera footage of a deputy who was nearly overrun by flames as he helped with evacuations the night the deadly Camp Fire swept through Paradise.
Butte County Sheriff's Deputy Aaron Parmley was searching for a group of stranded nurses when he was forced to abandon his vehicle and continue the search on foot surrounded by flames.
As smoke blackened the sky, Parmley activated his body camera in the belief it would capture the last moments of his life. He found the nurses and they set off on foot on the ember-lined road.
The deputy spotted a bulldozer in the distance, used his flashlight to flag down it down, and the driver took them to safety.
The Camp Fire killed at least 88 people.
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