The flames of the Creek Fire didn't discriminate in their destruction.
They destroyed homes that belonged to the very crews trying to save other people's properties.
Now-fire wives from across the Valley are coming together to help replace what several volunteer firefighters have lost.
"They lost it all and a lot of them are stuck without that backup safety net," says Brooke Schuller.
Schuller is married to a Central Valley firefighter and says she and other fire wives from the area are coming together to raise money for at least a dozen volunteer Shaver Lake area firefighters whose homes were reduced to rubble.
One of those who'd get help is Assistant Chief of the Shaver Lake volunteer fire department James Parr, who was out working with the crew when the flames came through his neighborhood, destroying his home.
"It was unexpected and it was absolutely devastating - the flames were angry and had a purpose," says Parr.