(CNN) A Redding, California, family who fled the sprawling Carr Fire returned home to find something fishy had happened while they were away.

They were doubtless elated.

According to a tweet from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the family fled the 190,000-acre blaze burning just west of Redding, in Northern California.

They left behind their finned friend, Grant, and the father told his daughter that Grant likely hadn't made it after going without food for an extended period.

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