until the flames of the thomas fire took that away. this is the first time we have been allowed to drive up. we actually walked around the back. it s just there s nothing there. at midnight, i wake up with him with the flashlight in my face. i looked out the window, flames 100 feet around us. reporter: many of the residents were sleeping when the fire approached. she tried to wake them up while officials alarmed everyone to get out. what was once a pa paradise is a war zone. reporter: half of the 90-unit complex is destroyed. 65 residents are without a home. patricia woke up to her son-in-law yelling to get out. i didn t take a wallet. i left with the clothes on my back. if i had been thinking rksz i would have got in my car and followed him. i wasn t thinking. my car was there. i didn t have rental insurance when i moved in here. it wasn t something you had to