They have tales of harrowing escape and struggling to cope with loss. He assumed she had escaped the inferno and was trying to find her at rescue centres when authorities confirmed her death late Friday. “It was really scary when the rush of a huge amount of fire came up through the canyon at our house and barn,” she said. They were able to save their homes and two other homes, but all other houses for at least a half-mile in all directions were smouldering foundations, they said. “It was pitch black, black as midnight,” he said, his eyes red-rimmed from exhaustion and smoke.

Source: National Post November 11, 2018 15:54 UTC