Dutch Merrick fought to save his house for hours on Tuesday night and well into Wednesday morning. As one of the wildfires currently ravaging the L.A. area, the Eaton fire, charged toward his neighborhood in Altadena, California, the veteran prop master and armorer did what he could — continuously watering his roof, plants and the dry leaves on his lawn with a hose in an attempt to repel the flames. Eventually, a hailstorm of embers and cinder began to subsume his neighborhood, and he fled before the sun rose Wednesday.
