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Towards my house. it came around the river and came in behind my house and the fire wasn't on the ground. my son lived next door they pulled up to get out, when he got out the fire burned all his hair off and took his both. >> oh, my gosh. >> so he got back into the car -- >> ed, i don't want to interrupt but i wanted to stop to say everybody understands that feeling, your sentiment of your guilt or your devastation but you can't, this is too powerful. these are still ranging. you could not have done anything. that's what all of us want you to know. this is too much. it's overpowering families...

More than a dozen wildfires are raging across northern california this morning. 70-year-old melody bledsoe and her two great grandchildren, four-year-old emily roberts and five-year-old james roberts died in their home thursday. melody's husband ed bledsoe and his granddaughter amanda woodley join us now. ed and amanda, we are so sorry for your loss. we heard your story, it's heartbreaking that you were on the phone with your five-year-old great grandson james as the fire was moving in. can you tell us what happened when you went to the doctor, you left the house to go to the doctor. did you k...

Ed and amanda, we are praying for you and your family. i want to point out to our viewers you have a go fund me page. we'll put it on the screen. it's a go fund me page, it's up to more than $50,000 so far and, of course, all of this is to help your family and your great grandchildren. do you want to say a last word, ed? >> i want to tell you something. i want to thank everybody in this country for their support and love for us. people are so outstanding and so loving and i just want to thank them all. i want to hug them all. >> ed, they want to hug you. >> i want to thank them all. i want to ...

Yesterda yesterday. >> i'm their protector, i should have had my -- i should have taken care of them. >> ed, amanda is right. the fact that you were on the phone with them and you heard their voice and you were keeping them calm. there's nothing that you could have done when you got back to the house or had you been in the house. look at what you're describing. >> i could have laid on top of them and protected them. i could have laid down on top of them and kept them out of the fire. >> i understand, ed. >> i could have done anything. >> nothing you could have done, papa. >> you would have die...

Their support. >> ed bledsoe, amanda woodley, everyone is playing for you, everyone is sending love to you and, of course, thinking of your four-year-old great granddaughter emily roberts, five-year-old james roberts and your wife, 70-year-old melody bledsoe. thank you for sharing your story. story. we'll be right back.