A Los Angeles Fire Department member was able to escape a close call Thursday after his vehicle was swept into the ocean by fast-moving mud along Pacific Coast Highway.

The Pacific Coast Highway in Los Angeles, California was shut down from the Palisades to Malibu on Thursday after mudslides blanketed the road rendering

As a winter storm battered Southern California, a firefighter and inspector with the Los Angeles Fire Department narrowly escaped moments before his car was swept into the ocean by rushing debris.