'The fire's right there' - Families recount fleeing Washington state wildfires
Some have returned to find their homes reduced to ash and rubble, with only the charred trunks of trees rising from the smouldering ground.
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"'We saw neighbours, you know, peeling out, driving away, yelling, 'We gotta go! We gotta go.'"
— Amy Mulligan , Other
"'We had no warning, by the way, zero warning.'"
— James Main , Other
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Some have returned to find their homes reduced to ash and rubble, with only the charred trunks of trees rising from the smouldering ground.
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