in the city of redding. as far as my family and i, we are safe. property can be replaced. i know it displaces us a little bit, but with the loss of the two firefighters and our citizens, it pales in comparison. >> so chief, what were the moments like before losing your home? were you at the house? did you have to evacuate? what were the circumstances? >> yeah, so the fire made an incredible run from the national park area on wednesday, almost touching our city. so thursday we were getting ready for evacuations. the winds kicked up like we had spoken about. and these gail force winds created these fire tornadoes. so i was actually sitting in my subdivision monitoring it. i had gotten my family out. i watched it go completely north through the lake redding subdivision, which my father's home also was burned, up to my neighborhood and then take out