The Salminen family was all home when a fire broke out in their garage early in the morning on August 13. Relatives were spending the night at their house as well.
Mom April Salminen was the first to notice something was wrong. She said she heard a loud pop. She looked out the window to see the family's trailer engulfed in flames.
She said, "I knew we had so many people in the house. I just started screaming. And, had them gather the pets that we could and took the little kids outside."
No one in the family had time to grab anything, except for Lilly who grabbed the family's cat.
Lilly said, "I grabbed the cat, ran out. I thought it wouldn't go to the house, so I was calm. Then, I saw it go to the house. So, I was, like, freaking out. I was so scared."
Paolo said, "The fire jumped onto the house. And, the whole house was, like, I don't even know how tall it was. It was insane. The trailer, the garage, the house... all up in flames."