Zoe Holohan

And the car will protect us from the flames.

We tried to open the buzzer on the gate and the gate wouldn't budge.

And then we realized, Jesus Christ, the electricity has been cut off.

Brian ran back into the house, told me to stay in the car to get the Allen key.

I mean, this is all so time sensitive because every second counts.

Ran in, eventually he found it.

It could have been seconds, it felt like hours.

And he came back out.

Now at this stage, the flames were pretty much surrounding the car.

Brian got to the gate and wasted crucial, crucial minutes trying everything to winch open this bloody gate.

I got out of the car.

I had to get out his side because the passenger side was now surrounded by flames and tried to help him open and we just couldn't.

We couldn't open the gate.

I landed badly because of the wedge shoes and I dislocated my kneecap, my patella slipped out of place.

And that hurts, but when you're in a state of panic like that, your body handles pain in a different way.

I registered it, but I ignored it.

I remember looking at him and holding his hands and begging him and saying, are we going to survive?

And, you know, Brian was the sort of man who'd never lie.

I don't think he was capable of telling a lie.

So he just looked me in the eyes and he said, we're going to be OK.