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Be prepared to get out quickly. i took the photo albums out and put them in the truck. some of our paperwork, put that in the truck. and we hooked up the suv to our tank trailer and pointed all the cars down the hill in case we had to get out quickly. so our plan was to all get in separate vehicles and take all our vehicles off of the property. >> it was about 1:00 in the morning. allyson and ashleigh at that point were asleep. and we went into the girls' bedrooms and, we did have them get dressed and sleep in their clothes, just in case. >> so i asked jason, "can you please take the first wat...

Trunk, but i closed the lid hard enough that it fit. >> just as i got to the garage door was when the lights went out. i could hear a cracking noise, like a lightning strike. at this time, bob was yelling from inside the house, "i can't find my car keys." and i said, "we'll just take my car." >> there were embers swirling. there were small dust devils of, not dust and trash, but embers and flame. >> when allyson turned and ran away from us, and i saw the flame and smoke come behind her, is when i first went into a state of shock. it was very confusing. everything was -- just felt off. it didn'...

There were several. others had burst to life in the same area at the same time. there would be 14 fires in all that day, a perfect firestorm. and the roach family was right in its path. >> the fire is making significant increase and spreading now. we're probably less than an hour before we're going to start seeing some heat over here. >> we were aware that the cedar fire had erupted probably 25, 30 miles away from our house, so we weren't very concerned about it. >> when we really started getting concerned is when allyson called us. she was taking a friend home and said that the reservation wa...

We start heading down the driveway slowly looking for allyson. >> where is allyson? we can't find her. and we're driving and we're looking. and we're trying to figure out. and then we figured maybe we missed and she got in the car with jason. it didn't make any sense. so she couldn't have been in front of us. we haven't driven past her. there's a fence. she couldn't have gone through the fence. the fence was on fire. so it just didn't -- it didn't process as to where she could've possibly gone. >> i can't see anybody behind me. with this one little

The air that you're breathing is several hundred degrees and you're basically gonna microwave yourself. you're gonna cook yourself from the inside out. you take a breath, you're burning your lungs. >> and we stood there and we waited and then jason walked out of the -- of the smoke. and i yelled at jason, "where are your sisters?" >> and the only thing i can get out is, "they're back there." i see my sister, allyson, walking out of the smoke, staggering. i'm thinking to myself, "you know, she's got soot all over her," and it -- it's not registering that that's not soot, that's fourth-degree bu...