Alberta woman and her family lose nearly everything in L.A. fires [Video]

Leigh Ann Biety and her family are finally able to relax after arriving in Canmore, Alta., on Saturday. They lost nearly everything they owned after the quick-moving Eaton fire destroyed their home in Altadena, Calif.

Leigh Ann, who grew up in Edmonton but moved to L.A. to pursue a film career, says the flames were barely visible at first.

“I just noticed out the window, just the smallest flicker of light,” Leigh Ann told Global News. “It could have been like a candle on a cake.”

Leigh Ann’s husband Denton Biety had gone out to buy batteries, as the local utility company had disconnected power to homes in the neighbourhood. By the time he got home, he said, the fire had moved much closer.

“It is gone from this little flicker, you know on the other side of the hill, to now what’s roaring in these winds,” he explained.

Both Leigh Ann and Denton …