Two weeks ago, Brittanie Bibby, her husband Kenneth and their 15-month-old baby moved from Arizona to Camarillo to live in the house she inherited from her father, maxing out their credit cards to turn the dilapidated property into a safe place to live.

On Wednesday, that safe place was destroyed; It left the family homeless, without savings, and with no clue as to what would happen next.

The next day, the shocked parents struggled to come to terms with the financial toll and catastrophic emotional loss of the incident.

“We lost everything,” Brittanie said. “All our family memories, all our belongings, Social Security cards, death certificates, birth certificates, my husband’s father’s ashes, my father’s ashes and my mother’s ashes.”

Brittanie Bibby holds her baby Ken. Brittanie and her husband lost their Camarillo home to a Mountain fire two weeks after moving in.

(Britanie Bibby)

Their properties were among the 132 structures destroyed in the attack. fast moving Mountain fireThe fire ignited Wednesday morning and scorched more than 20,000 acres in the Ventura County mountains Thursday evening.

family started Raise donations on GoFundMe On Thursday I was able to buy diapers and new clothes for baby Ken. Brittanie planned to sleep in the evacuation shelter on Thursday night and take another step towards her many duties on Friday morning.

“As a mom, I don’t have the option to panic or not think about the steps because I have a tiny human who is 100% dependent on me,” she said. “So while I’m feeling a lot of things, I have to try to keep my mind clear so I can give him the best care.”

At the top of the priority list is trying to find a pediatrician; Ken suffers from asthma and his health is at risk due to the dense smoke of the forest fire.

“We’re doing everything we can to keep him in filtered, clean air so he doesn’t get affected by the ash,” she said, “because all his meds and inhalers burned up.”

When Brittanie received the evacuation notice around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, she rushed to the nursery to gather the baby’s essentials, such as clothing and medicine. However, when he looked out the window, he encountered a terrible sight; Giant flames leapt from structures just a street away as the wind blew smoke up the hill and toward his home.

There was no time to pack; The priority now was to get everyone out alive.

The mountain fire destroyed homes on both sides of Old Coach Drive in Camarillo.

(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

She held her baby in her arms and helped her mother-in-law, Denise Bibby, her mother-in-law, Huguette Doucette, and their two elderly dogs out of the house.

As it sped away, flames from the burning bushes leapt upwards and onto the car. A dark thought crossed his mind: “I won’t survive.”

The Bibbys arrived safely at a friend’s house. After about three hours, Brittanie felt herself going into shock.

“I went from being kind of relaxed to completely freezing,” he said. “Even though it was 75 degrees in the house, my fingers turned blue and I had to cover myself with blankets and sweaters.”

Baby Ken is also affected and is having trouble sleeping in his confusing new environment.

“We lost a lot of sleep because he spends most of the night crying,” she said.

His parents are also on edge as they face an uncertain future.

They are still waiting for information from the foundation’s lawyers about whether the house is insured and are researching assistance grants they may be eligible for.

On Sunday, Kenneth plans to return to work as a crew member at Trader Joe’s. On Monday, Brittanie is scheduled to start her full-time customer service job at Walmart.

Although the couple is very happy to finally settle into their new home, it is difficult to get used to the post-fire reality.

“It’s a huge system shock, it’s like you’re in a bad dream,” Brittanie said. “You just want to wake up.”