When Brianne Carlson found out a rapidly growing forest fire was moving toward her neighbourhood, she grabbed what she could and packed an overnight bag.
By the time she opened her front door to leave with her husband and two-year-old son, she was met with a terrifying scene.
“There was hot embers falling down on our house,” Carlson said in an interview Thursday. “Our front yard was on fire and very quickly our whole driveway became engulfed in smoke. We just couldn’t even see the drive to get out.”
At that moment, Carlson knew she might never see her home standing again.
“Deep down we knew that [the fire] was
