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‘The Ark’ Writer John-Paul Nickel and ‘Gotham Knights’ Costume Designer Jennifer Nickel Detail ‘Embers the Size of Credit Cards’ and the Cost of Rebuilding their Altadena Home


'The Ark' writer John-Paul Nickel and 'Gotham Knights' costume designer Jennifer Nickel detail "embers the size of credit cards" in Eaton fire.

It was after midnight on Wednesday when “The Ark” writer and producer John-Paul Nickel and his wife Jennifer Nickel, a costume designer on “Gotham Knights,” were on the Target Rooftop in La Canada, Flintridge watching as the Eaton fire spread. “We were getting flying embers the size of credit cards coming at our house,” Jennifer Nickel recalls when asked what prompted them to leave. His physical therapist had warned him a few weeks prior, “This is the time when you’re going to get cocky, and this is where you are more likely to injure yourself.” He had been told to sit and watch the apps.

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