A video of a local father and son who “drove through hell” went viral after they tried to escape a wildfire during a camping trip gone wrong in Montana.
Boston resident Justin Bilton, 37, posted the video online earlier this week after he and his 70-year-old father made a miraculous escape.
He titled the YouTube video, “That time we drove through hell in Glacier National Park (Howe Ridge),” according to reports.
They were forced from their campgrounds in the Lake Macdonald area of the park, not far from the U.S. and Canada border, due to increasing fire danger, according to ABC News. The fire started after lightning struck on Aug. 11 and they found themselves trapped in the flames the following day.
As they traveled further into the forest fire, the harrowing video shows embers sliding across the windshield like snow in a blizzard. Flames flickered on the side of the road and a hazy orange hue limited visibility.
Justin and his father, Charles Bilton, of Rowley, can be heard reacting to the fire as they drive further into it.
“Dad this is insane,” Justin said. “Dad, the car is heating up, it’s going to explode. Jesus, God help us.”
Charles sooths his son saying, “easy,” “slow down,” and “we’re alright.”
The video ends at a tree lying across the dirt road, engulfed in flames.
The pair put the rental car in reverse and went back to the trailhead, where they flagged down National Park employees on a boat, according to ABC News.
