As images flood in of the devastating wildfires in California wine-country, a Greensboro firefighter can't help but remember his time fighting wildfires in western North Carolina.
"You kind of relate to them," Firefighter Roy Shaw explained. "You know what they're going through."
About a year ago, Shaw was called to Lake Lure to battle the Party Rock wildfire.
"It's manpower intensive but it's also very taxing on your people. It's hot and you're working in bad conditions with limited resources like water and food," Shaw said.
He remembers working 14 hour days, sleeping in his truck and often feeling like no progress was being made.