A documentary filmmaker behind Rebuilding Paradise is now living the life she once documented after losing everything Palisades Fire.

Tracy Droz Tragos found herself and her family having to evacuate their home quickly because Pacific Palisades Burned down on January 7th. After documenting the aftermath of the 2018 Camp Fire, Droz Tragos knew there would be a stalemate if swift action was not taken. The family took nothing with them.

“Honestly, I think it’s a dry run and I don’t know why,” Droz Tragos said. hollywood reportRiver “You really don’t think this is going to happen to you.”

Droz Tragos lost everything and has been living in an Airbnb near her home in Santa Barbara ever since. “Entire communities disappeared off the face of the earth,” she told the outlet. “It’s not just your house, it’s your neighbor’s house. It’s the park where you go for a walk and enjoy the shade. It’s where you drink coffee. It’s where your kids go to school. All of it.”

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Tracy Droz Tragos lost her home in the Palisades Fire. The filmmaker is known for his work documenting the aftermath of the 2018 Camp Fire. (Getty Images)

Droz Tragos is best known for his documentary film Rebuilding Paradise. The film, produced by Ron Howard, uses footage of her spending time with residents affected by the 2018 Camp Fire in Butte County.

campfire Destroyed nearly the entire town of Paradise, California – 95% burned. Since then, much of the town has been rebuilt and thousands of people have returned to the city.

The documentary filmmaker’s experience working with residents who’ve experienced losing everything gave her a unique understanding of what to grab when evacuating quickly.

“Neighbors asked, ‘Why did you bring toilet paper?'” Droz Tragos recalled. “I said ‘Trust me, you might find yourself in a situation where you don’t have a bathroom and you really wish you had toilet paper.'”

An air tanker lands on the Palisades Fire. (Brian Vanderbrugg/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

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Droz Tragos lives in the Pacific Palisades community, a coastal enclave for California’s elite. However, the filmmakers stress that the rich and famous are not the community’s only residents.

“I know people think Pacific Palisades is weird, but that whole part of it is actually not weird,” Droz Tragos told The Hollywood Reporter. “It’s a multi-generational thing. High School It’s a really cool place where my kids can go to school and meet people from all over the world.”

A person walks through the rubble left by the Palisades Fire on January 9 in the Pacific Palisades community. (AP/Jae C. Hong)

“But it’s gone. The library is gone, the grocery store is gone. All the touchpoints of the community are gone. The place where the weird Fourth of July parade happened – gone.”

“There was a sign in the barber shop that no longer exists, if you’re rich you live in Beverly Hills, if you’re famous you live in Malibu, if you’re lucky you live in Pacific Parley sed.”

Droz Tragos shared some of her thoughts and updates on her Instagram. Title next to whiteboard photo partial reading“48 hours after hearing the news that we lost our home, Chris and my home office (our only office), I have been in survival mode. We are no longer in a position where the disaster just happened, we are now in Slightly different” “what to do now” mode. All previous to-do lists suddenly became meaningless – replaced. We are starting a brand new to-do list.

She also shared a photo She held up a sign that read: “You never know what you have until it’s gone. Like toilet paper.”

In the caption, she wrote: “I don’t know how to deal with the waves of sadness. The cups I’ll never see again – the clothes I’ve collected for special events throughout my life, will never be replaced as I watch By the time we got to the photo of our Christmas tree, my heart ached—everything was gone.”

Fox News Digital reached out to Droz Tragos for additional comment.

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On November 8, 2018, a house was destroyed as the Camp Fire swept through Paradise, California. Driven by high winds and low humidity, the fast-moving Camp Fire swept through the town of Paradise, quickly scorching 18,000 acres and destroying dozens of homes. A matter of hours. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Campfire 2018 documented by Droz Tragos “Rebuilding Paradise” Jamie Lee Curtis’ The Lost Bus will revisit this again. Curtis’ Comet Pictures and Jason Blum’s Blumhouse have been working on producing the film based on Lizzie Johnson’s book Paradise: One Small Town’s Struggle to Survive America’s Wildfires.

The Camp Fire has been called the deadliest fire in California history, destroying more than 18,000 homes and businesses and killing 85 people. “The Lost Bus” will tell the story of bus driver Kevin McKay and school teacher Mary Ludwig as they help rescue 22 children at their school from a rapidly spreading wildfire.

Matthew McConaughey is reportedly in talks to star in the film to deadline. However, sources said the deal has not yet been finalized and the film still needs studio approval.

Fox Digital News reached out to McConaughey’s rep for comment.

Matthew McConaughey is reportedly in talks to star in Jamie Lee Curtis’ Lost Bus. (Johannes/Getty Images)

Aerial view of community destruction caused by the Camp Fire on November 15, 2018 in Paradise, California. Ninety-five percent of the town was destroyed by wildfire. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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The destruction in Los Angeles began on January 7 Palisades Fire It started burning around 11 a.m. local time. By the end of the day, a total of three fires had broken out in the area, causing complete destruction. More fires have since broken out, prompting more evacuations throughout the community.

Helicopters drop water on the Kenneth Fire in the West Hills area of ​​Los Angeles on January 9. (Ethan Swope/AP)

Multiple fires have been burning for days, reducing 10,000 homes and businesses to ashes, killing 10 people and forcing thousands to abandon the Los Angeles County area.

As of Friday, the fires had burned a total of about 56 square miles (142 square kilometers), an area larger than San Francisco.

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.