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Amber Pangborn, 35, says she was going into labor on Thursday when she tried to take a shortcut to her parents' house and ran out of gas in the Plumas County National Forest.

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A California woman was recently rescued from a forest with her newborn baby after a three-day ordeal, saying she gave birth, fought off bugs and started a wildfire before help arrived.

NBC News reports Amber Pangborn, 35, was driving to her parents' home on Thursday when she felt like she might be going into labor. She then decided to take a back road through a remote part of Plumas County National Forest.

Pangborn tells NBC that she ran out of gas in the forest and had no cellphone reception. While stranded, she gave birth to her daughter Marisa. Pangborn says she fought off swarms bees and mosquitoes, lived off of apples and some water.

On Saturday, Pangborn decided to start a brush fire using her hairspray and lighter, Gawker says.

"The whole side of the mountain caught on fire," Pangborn tells NBC. "I was looking at Marisa and was like, 'I think Mommy just started a forest fire.'"

And she did, but it got the attention of the U.S. Forest Service, who confirmed that they found a mother and her newborn baby inside a car. Emergency personnel were called as fire crews fought the flames.

"I was just crying, and I was just so happy," Pangborn tells Fox News. "I thought we were going to die."

U.S. Forest Service spokesperson Chris French explained on Tuesday that he could only corroborate some of Pangborn's account.

"I cannot confirm the day of birth beyond that she reported to us she had been there for three days," he says. "Also, her statement to us was that she gave birth at her vehicle within the forest. We did not witness the birth."

The new mom or her family couldn't immediately be reached for comment, NBC says. However, Pangborn's mother, Dianna Williams, says her daughter and granddaughter are well.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.