realize how bad it was. reporter: it was late friday afternoon. the blaze was tearing from the adelaide hills straight from daniela and jim s property. so daniela packed the car with valuables and hit the road with their dog but soon realized it was too late. everywhere else was black and burning. reporter: as she tried to outrun the fire, her car flipped on her side. daniela couldn t get out. with flames licking at the car, she made a frantic phone call to jim. all i heard was i m trapped in the car and it s burning. i don t know that he heard me. reporter: it was only a stroke of luck that daniela was able to make that fateful fire. everything in it was out of reach, trapped in her seat, the only thing daniela could get her hands on was her mobile phone because it was still attached to her charger. she managed to get out, jack the