the fire was just creeping just like a little grass fire look like something
you could probably pull on and then we thought things were getting a bit bad
we went out fire me turn the pump on and it went from flames this high in a
second to flames this high and the fire came in from three sides and so I just
got ash in my face I couldn't see I could just scream for me yeah and I just
turned around and stumbled into a bush and I saw I was going to die to slide
there screaming to meek what went through your mind at that point I'm
gonna die I'm just someone dying yeah when I was lying there I'll just have my
hand out and I was trying to cool every bush and I just scream meet me and I
just saw them on the dawn had to run through the house to get the Marilyn I
honestly thought that she be on fire when I come back you made a call in the
middle of it when Nick dragged me into the house like leaving by the time I got
the house the the door hadn't come in touch the door handle it was boiling hot
and Irene super low and said like we're under attack and we said fire bushfire
bushfire she put us through and he said the fire goes on fire
corners on fire he got our address he said you look like you're in a safe zone
protect yourself in the fire and then about while he was still on the phone
all the windows exploded in and so I started screaming and he said I'll let
the RFS know you're there he was so nice but he just said try and
get a wet towel and I said well we're dying and he just said well you're on
your own
we got up to this door we couldn't get key this is all in flames so we got in
there shut the door and then I was lying at the front of the cars with my nose on
the concrete just sucking in air the dogs panicked and got away from me they
went under the cars I rang trip low again and I just said
we're dying and then all of a sudden it went completely quiet
there was no roar of the fire the window went completely black I just was
hysterical and then right across both sides that whole ceiling just became
fireball and I remember me saying bug abuse I'm not dying here and next thing
I know he was dragging me over the top of the cars and dragged me out here so
he had the full drive buggy and we couldn't find the dogs we lost the dogs
and took off around here lucky and it's a serious thing get the hell out what
you want you just go federal and state governments would argue they're doing
everything they can what do you think another hope in hell and I'm not just
saying that because we lost everything no way no way
and they've all been burnt on the face well he'll just quite solved so the skin
is starting to come off now just all around here and she's got let me see any
time she got old burnt up in her eyes her eyes are looking pretty good but all
under here all under here especially down the back is overt was there any
moment when you thought they're gonna be put down I thought I lost him I was
pretty upset screaming and then when we finally got out of the house and we we
ran down there I look back and the whole five of them the six which I'm running
around the side of the fence and I just cry just cry you came here for a new
life a new start not the start not the start you Senor
could ever event is about it in a way do you feel now more connected to the
community yeah we knew a few people recently the program you just moved in
it's like six weeks ago but we knew a few people before in our hell of a lot
more now yeah Kabongo is an amazing amazing place and I can tell you what
they'll rebuild
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