When your neighbor is your key to escape from hell: "Between several of us we were able to get a quadriplegic man out". The speed with which the fire spread from the fire in the Valencia building put those who were inside the 138 homes at that time in check.
A couple with their two young children, the first fatalities of the Valencia fire: "They died of asphyxiation in the bathroom while she said goodbye to her mother on the phone" The strong smell of burning plastic alerted many neighbors, the column of smoke many others.