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SANTA ROSA, Calif. — He was hosing down the back of his house when intense heat on Bishop Allan Darrimon's back made him spin around.
What he saw shocked and scared the 63-year-old retired parks and grounds manager.
"It was a swirling mass of embers and leaves and tree debris," he said. "It was 20-feet tall, and it was powering through the street behind our house. When I turned around and saw that coming down the boulevard, I really thought that was going to be it. I quickly got in the house because I wanted to get Veronica in the car and get out of there."
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