Woman dies in husband's arms while hiding in swimming pool from California fires

[TomSea]

Woman dies in husband's arms while hiding in swimming pool from California fires

By Dakin Andone, Dan Simon and David Williams, CNN

Updated 5:40 PM ET, Fri October 13, 2017

Story highlights

    Armando and Carmen Berriz were vacationing in a rental home in Santa Rosa with their family
    "Everybody loved her," their daughter said

Santa Rosa, California (CNN)When a wildfire engulfed their hilltop rental house without warning, Armando and Carmen Berriz took shelter in a swimming pool, their mouths and noses poking out of the water to gulp the smoky air.
The longtime married couple were there for hours overnight, breathing and praying together, as the blaze roared around them.

Continued at: http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/13/us/california-fires-couple-hides-in-pool/index.html

Caught in the fire, they took shelter in the pool.

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Another one like this...

Couple Survives Deadly California Wildfire by Seeking Shelter in Neighbor’s Pool for 6 Hours

Maria Pasquini
PeopleOctober 13, 2017

A couple survived the deadly California wildfire by spending sixed hours submerged in their neighbor’s pool.

Shortly after midnight on Monday morning, John Pascoe, 70 and his wife Jan, 65, received a call from their older daughter telling them they needed to evacuate, reported the Los Angeles Times.

The couple had gone to bed around 10 p.m. on Sunday, even though their daughter had called to say that her father-in-law’s house 40 miles away from where they lived had burned down, according to Today. Since they hadn’t received any official alerts to evacuate, they assumed they would be fine.

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https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/couple-survives-deadly-california-wildfire-153849524.html

[austingirl]

So many sad stories. So much loss.

[dfwgator]

And where is Governor Moonbeam?