Yeah there was heaps of smoke, it was really strange, the radio was saying we were fine but then I looked outside and saw that everything looked dark red, I went outside and saw a massive red cloud of smoke.
My parents were worried, so we went to the CFA to see what was going on but no one was there. We went across the road to a Ski Shop, the owner is a CFA volunteer who told us we had less then 30 minutes to evacuate, the owner of the shop later saved the lives of 30 people by giving them shelter in the ski shop.
We left and went back home, we decided we definetly wern't going to defend the house. My friend was there, soon his dad came to take him home and when they left my road they saw fire on the highway.
They drove back down our road and told us the fire was already there, we just got in the car and left.
We drove through Marysville and stoped at my friends house which we were going to help defend until the fire had passed and it was safe to go home, after awhile though we saw a massive line of cars evacuating from Marysville, someone stopped at the house and told us Marysville was burning, we all left that house and went to Alexandra.
After arriving there I went to the school where the school hall had beds and supplies for people who'd evacuated.
I saw a few of my friends there, everyone was in shock, so much had happened that day.
The next day Kevin Rudd was at the school when I went there, there were heaps of News cameras and people there who were giving out food, the hall was also full of supplies people had donated.
There were still fires everywhere, so we still wern't allowed to leave the town.
The next day one of the roads opened so we left. We went to Melbourne and stayed with family for 10 days.
We were told our house was still there and we were able to go back.