In their attempts to battle the blaze, firefighters were hampered time and time again by a swarm of bees nesting nearby.
That same fire has left a family of six homeless.
"I didn't lose everything. I still have my wife and my kids. Getting everyone out was most important," said Dallas Bolen, an ex-marine.
Bolen, his wife and four children have lost virtually everything they own in the blaze
Bolen is a disabled marine sergeant, who was discharged in 2006 after two tours of combat duty in Iraq.
He suffers from post traumatic stress disorder, which finally cost him his job in 2008.
Bolen and his family were living in the small house owned by his uncle, that had no renter's insurance.
The Bolens are facing tough times once again.
The Red Cross and a veteran's group gave the family shelter for a few days but now the donated time is up and they are completely on their own.
In the time being, Dallas Bolen is searching for a rental house that he can afford out of his disability check.
He hopes to one day be totally back on his feet.
"That's actually the goal, to be able to go back to work, but it takes a while to get the medication right, the counseling and the therapy. There's a lot to it" said Bolen.
Bolen says he will not let this latest setback get him down.
He tells Action News that over the last decade his family has traveled too far over troubled terrain to surrender to tough times now.
