THE Ukrainian couple escaped the Russian invasion because they were staying in Israel. Then they missed the Gaza war because they had moved from Israel to Spain.
But when a fire gutted a housing block in Valencia, they lost everything.
The young woman, who gave her name only as Lisa, 34, said she had popped out to the post office with her husband when the fire started around 5.30pm.
"We came back and saw the black smoke and started running because we had our dog in the apartment," said the woman.
"By the time we got there, the top floors were on fire," she said, describing scenes of chaos with "pieces from the front of the building falling down all over the place".
Thursday night's huge blaze ravaged the 14-storey block of flats in the eastern port city of Valencia, killing at least 10 people.
Lisa's husband went into the burning building several times to try and rescue their dog, Usher, who was trapped in their ninth-floor flat.
He couldn't get past the sixth floor.
"Our dog was 10 years with us, that's the worst part," she said, breaking down in tears.
She had not slept or eaten and was "trying to keep busy" to avoid thinking about it, she added.
"We missed the war in Ukraine, we missed the war in Israel and came here. And now this."
Among the things they lost were their Spanish ID documents and Ukrainian passports.
Without papers, they have no idea how they will find somewhere else to live.
Experts said the building was covered with highly flammable cladding, which could account for the rapid spread of the blaze, which sent sheets of flame shooting up the building.
The blaze left hundreds homeless and destitute.
"In just a matter of minutes, we lost everything," said Jose Carlos Perez, 53, standing outside a hotel in grubby-looking joggers and a sweatshirt.
"And now I've nothing, except what I'm wearing." Perez, a retired banker, was at home in a 12th-floor flat when the fire broke out.
He smelt smoke and saw from the terrace that the building was on fire.
He ran out to take the stairs along with neighbours on his floor, all of whom escaped safely.
"Things were very tense, some people lost their temper, others started crying.
"When things go wrong, you have to keep your cool."
Perez spent a sleepless night in a hotel where many evacuees have been put up for a few days by the authorities. As to what comes next, he has no idea.
The community has rallied round. People have donated everything from clothes, books, shoes and toys. The items were being handed out by volunteers a few blocks from the ruins.
"I cannot imagine how these people must be feeling," volunteer Bruno Loma, 24, said.
The sheer quantity of donations was overwhelming, he added, his face breaking into a smile at the generosity of the community.
The writer is from Agence France-Presse