Bodycam footage captured a deputy’s terrifying drive through ‘hell on earth’ as he escaped a deadly wildfire in Washington state.
Britt Morgan became trapped by the apocalyptic inferno in Spokane County while warning residents to evacuate on 18 August.
The Spokane County Sheriff’s deputy was forced to speed through the ‘extraordinarily fast-moving and devastating wildfire’ as flames encircle his vehicle, the agency said on Facebook.
‘You’re not getting me today mother*****,c Mr Morgan is heard screaming on the bodycam footage as he races through the flames and thick black smoke.
‘Eat my f***ing hairy a*** fire!,’ he shouts in the video posted to Facebook.
‘I don’t wanna f***ing die in this!’
Mr Morgan, who didn’t realise his bodycam was on, briefly stops his vehicle before accelerating again and emerges from the flames minutes later.
‘That was f***ing scary,’ he said as he reaches safety.
After his death-defying ordeal, Mr Morgan began directing unsuspecting residents away from the fire who didn’t appreciate the immediate danger.
When one motorist coming in the opposite direction insists he can make it through, Mr Morgan warns him that the flames were ‘headed right for us’.
‘Unless you want to die!’ he says.
Mr Morgan then encounters a man he had seen earlier who was refusing to evacuate to get into his patrol car.
The unidentified man appeared to be crying as he speaks to Mr Morgan.
