It was like a scene out of a Hollywood movie when one Yorkshireman drove to his hotel in Los Angeles the same day a trio of wildfires could be seen ravaging the area. <br /><br />Former Conservative councillor and Venue23 bar owner Karl Johnson, said: “As I was coming through (LA) there were fires on the side of the road and pylons coming down - bits of trees, rubbish, everything, being thrown across the street, electric off.” <br /><br />Wakefield-based Karl had spent the first part of his holiday in Las Vegas before driving to LA which was in a state of emergency. <br /><br />“It took 5-6 hours, the traffic was quite bad,” he said.<br /><br />In some parts of LA, bulldozers can be seen removing cars when 30,000 residents were forced to evacuate and many of them abandoning their vehicles. <br /><br />Karl, who also works as a Freddie Mercury tribute act, said: “Only I could arrive at a city that's on fire. High winds, and it's all over the world news.” <br /><br />Karl had left the snow in Yorkshire and found himself in the heart of LA with thick clouds of smoke filling the area.<br />
