The fight for Faulder: When B.C. brothers fought to save home from raging fire

Faulder, a small British Columbia community, was largely destroyed by a wildfire on the weekend. However, Dayna Joynt, a local resident, has shared photographs and videos that show two brothers' desperate attempt to save the property where they were raised. Her boyfriend, Greg Gibbs, and his brother stayed behind on Friday night to combat the flames, despite authorities urging them to evacuate.

Most of the community, with a population of approximately 215 residents, was devastated when the fire struck on Friday night. Nevertheless, Joynt claims that Gibbs saved the house they shared and about four other properties. However, the home where the Gibbs brothers grew up was among the many homes lost in the inferno.

A video shot by Gibbs on Saturday reveals Faulder engulfed in smoke, with small fires raging around the area. Another video taken that same night is illuminated by the eerie glow of the fires, with embers filling the air and the forest echoing with the sounds of burning trees. Joynt emphasizes that there was "not a chance" that Gibbs would abandon his house, describing him as a stubborn "hillbilly" born and raised in Faulder.

"He was bound and determined, him and his brother, that they're not leaving," Joynt states. "To make sure that at least one structure is standing so we all have somewhere to be under a roof and so we can figure out everything else." The night photos depict smoke from the fire rising above a ridge and workers using an excavator inside the burning forest.

In the daytime video, taken from inside the cab of a yellow machine, Gibb can be heard saying, "The bridge is almost saved, where I grew up is gone," before identifying properties that were destroyed by the flames. The camera then shifts to a disheveled Gibbs, with blackened and cracked lips, soot smeared across his face. He points his fist in apparent triumph before exclaiming, "Fought for it. I kept the house."