On October 8th my life completely changed, I was going to bed when a friend told me about a fire near my house. At first I was alarmed but I thought that it would be put out and that everything would be ok and go back to normal. After an hour of talking with him on the phone, I went outside. I found that it was hard to see and there was a lot of smoke in the area. Looking up at the hill outside of my house I knew things were bad. With the fire blazing on the hillside I knew that we were going to have to leave our house. We got some of our important items and then left our house. When we arrived at a safe location I called my step mom who was at my other house. She said that she had left and was safe. I began to feel much more calm and started to think everything was ok. I fell asleep at 4 am and woke up to the fire still blazing in the distance. I climbed on to the roof of the building where I was staying. The sight was very scary. I felt like I was surrounded by flames. Luckily the flames were in the distance but I was still scared. My stepmom was living in Fountaingrove. There had been a lot of sayings like “all of Fountaingrove was gone’’ etc. I didn't know if this was true or not but I just had an open mind. After getting info that her house had burned to the ground I began to feel horrible, all the memories and important things that were there were all gone. I was sad but I knew I had to stay strong and keep moving forward. About a week and a half had gone by I was with friends and family in Windsor at a safe location. The area where my mom's house had been wasn't open yet but I knew it was still there thanks to a neighbor who was brave enough to stay there with the fire going on. When this location finally opened a lot of stress was relieved. I felt good to still have one of my houses still intact. When Fountaingrove was open I went to look at the remains of my other house. There was nothing left besides the frame of my dad's truck and some beams from the house. I could not get over the fact that my house was gone. The thoughts in my head were very mixed. I was mad and confused and I didn't know what to do. Now a month later I am living with a good friend of mine and life is getting much better. We recently bought a new house and new clothes etc. This fire was the biggest and worst event in my life. It changed me mentally and physically. It is a shame that all of this has happened and I hope that everyone who was affected is all right and in a better state of mind. |