LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- We're getting new insights into the communications of firefighters who battled the Lachman Fire , a blaze that we now know smoldered underground and turned in the deadly Palisades Fire .

7 On Your Side Investigates obtained video and pictures of the Lachman Fire that was texted between firefighters through public records requests. They give us the first look of the firefight from the firefighters' perspective.

In one photo a firefighter snapped, it almost looks like lava is flowing through the Palisades. Others show flames and how they lit up the Jan. 1 sky.

The images are dramatic - but the firefight which started right after midnight was fast and effective.

At 4:45 a.m., a firefighter on scene texts: "Forward Progress stopped. Hose line completed. Working o

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