Former WBEN Anchor Emily Smith talks about wildfires [Video]

Santa Monica, Calif. (WBEN) – One former WBEN anchor describes the wildfire scene in California as chaotic, as she has headed to safety, while her husband is helping in their neighborhood.

Emily Smith lives in Southern California with her husband, actor Steve Guttenberg.

“The fires were in the Palisades, and my husband has lived there since 1988, and this has never happened,” said Smith in an interview with WBEN. “A lot of it has burned down. Businesses, small businesses, restaurants, houses, and the fires jumped over into Santa Monica, and they just kind of keep going.”

Smith ended up going to Hermosa Beach in Orange County, outside of Los Angeles, where she says the sky is pitch black, and air quality is terrible.

She first heard about the wildfire from a friend while at a bakery. People were running, and there was embers falling from the sky.

“I jumped in my car and took off …