Without warning : one woman's story of surviving Black Saturday / Jane O'Connor.

Without warning is the gripping true story of Jane O'Connor's survival through the 'hurricane of fire' that engulfed her home on 2009's Black Saturday. On Saturday 7 February 2009 ? one of the hottest summer days on record ? Jane and her family listened to reports of fires sweeping through Kilmore and Wandong, just 50 kilometres to their west. As the clouds of smoke loomed closer, they realised it was heading straight for them. But it was too late to evacuate ? they were trapped as the firestorm swept across the mountain, obliterating everything in its path. Without Warning details the horrifying events of that fateful day, Black Saturday, as Jane and her family fought for their lives in the face of Australia?s worst natural disaster. It details how they survived the horrors of the day and the grim aftermath, living in a landscape of death before emergency crews could reach them.