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reporter: hill and his wife packed up his furniture and left for the mainland. he even left a shot of gin on the deck for the hawaiian volcano goddess, assuming his home would be swallowed up. but his contractor and close friend darryl clinton had other ideas. you might want to step back on this one. reporter: just one week ago, cnn was with clinton while he was defending hill s home against flying chunks of lava. windows had already been destroyed. so had the water catchment tank. some lava bombs came crashing through the roof. armed with little more than a garden hose, clinton doused the flaming rocks before they to find the entire house. these ones catch the ceiling on fire. reporter: the 24/7 task was difficult and even more dangerous. after almost a week, hill told clinton to leave and let the houses burn.
the homes would be swallowed up. we left feeling heartbroken. reporter: but his contractor and close friend darrel clinton had other ideas. i ll step back on this one. reporter: just one week ago, cnn was with clinton while he was defending hill s homes against the lava. windows had already been destroyed, so had the water catchment tank. some lava bombs came crashing through the roof. armed with little more than a garden hose, clinton doused the flaming rocks before they torched the entire house. these are the ones that catch the ceiling on fire. reporter: the 24/7 task was difficult and even more dangerous. after almost a week, hill told clinton to leave and let the houses burn. can t do this, this is unsafe temperatures time to stop. valiant effort. i m humbled by how hard you ve tried. reporter: but clinton didn t leave until the next day and it