As refugees from devastating bushfires crowded into a cinema in the Australian town of Mallacoota, "Frozen" and "Happy Feet" were playing to keep the kids calm.
Ash was falling from the building's air vents, covering around 500 people inside -- they were exhausted and overheated from fleeing the approaching fire.
Canadian Meaghan Wegg says they got there and it felt like a death trap. She says they sought refuge in the small theater along with her Australian-born husband and her two children on New Year's Eve.
Wegg is one of the 4,000 people who fled to beaches as bushfires raged in Mallacoota, a family camping spot on the eastern edge of the state of Victoria.
After six days of sheltering in the cinema, Wegg and her family got evacuated to safety on Sunday.
The family flew to Australia on December 27 from Canada to visit some relatives and friends at the Mallacoota Campground, a popular tourist destination.
