PANAMA CITY, Fla. – Jackie and Rick Wilkie’s nightmare started Friday with a cloud of smoke within the distance.

Starting their afternoon with lunch on the grill at their Panama Metropolis house, Jackie was inside when Rick despatched her photographs of black smoke about 4 miles away.

That’s when she first felt one thing was off, however didn’t assume an excessive amount of of it, she mentioned.

“I would say most likely not even 30, 45 minutes later, within the bed room with our son and simply the whole lot went black, prefer it seemed prefer it was nighttime outdoors,”

PANAMA CITY, Fla. – Jackie and Rick Wilkie’s nightmare started Friday with a cloud of smoke within the distance.

Starting their afternoon with lunch on the grill at their Panama Metropolis house, Jackie was inside when Rick despatched her pictures of black smoke about 4 miles away.

That’s when she first felt one thing was off, however didn’t assume an excessive amount of of it, she stated.

“I might say in all probability not even 30, 45 minutes later, within the bed room with our son and simply every thing went black, prefer it seemed prefer it was nighttime outdoors,”