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Battling the blaze the garden house runs out of water and they use the above-ground pool. >> it is time to start running with five-gallon buckets and that's intense. you're already tired. >> reporter: who are you? >> i'm just an old man. i'm just an old guy, man. >> reporter: just an old man that wanted to keep his home from burning up. >> yes. >> reporter: he recorded cellphone video as his home began to burn. >> feels good to have it. it feels so sad for everyone though. everybody i know lost everything, and it is sad. >> reporter: the camp fire tearing through northern california is now the...

Fire ripped through this community taking 90% with it, we're hearing incredible stories of survival. we talked to one man who chose not to leave and live to tell about it. >> everything around us was on fire, and we knew it was time. >> reporter: while everyone else in paradise was fleeing the fire, brad weldon decided to stay put at home and fight it himself. >> for the first few house -- >> reporter: you're using this garden hose? >> this garden hose, one out there, one in the front. one on the roof and one out by the shop. >> reporter: so how much help do you have? you have -- >> me and my ...

Images we see surrounding us, we are hearing incredible stories of survival. four days after the camp fire ripped through this area, we met a man who chose not to leave and fight the flames on his own and he lived to tell about it. >> everything around us was on fire and we knew it was time. >> reporter: while everyone else in paradise was fleeing the fire, brad weldon decided to stay put at home and fight it himself. >> for the first few hours -- >> reporter: you're using this garden hose? >> in garden house, one out there, one in the front, one on the roof and one by the shop. >> how much he...

Consider themselves lucky. >> we got a few loaves of bread. >> reporter: five days after surviving the blaze, they say they have enough supplies to last a few days. police told them if they leave to get more they won't be allowed to return. >> i'm not asking anybody for a handout. to be able to take care of myself. if they'll let me do that, we can live here indefinitely. >> reporter: brad says that there is a lot to be discouraged about but he's focusing on the positives. he is determined to see paradise rebuild and it was just a short time ago that we learned that the secretary of the interi...