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February 15, 2009 12:00am
A QUICK-THINKING eight-year-old girl saved her entire family seconds before her Marysville home exploded in flames.
Zoe Budden packed bags for each of her three younger siblings and ordered her parents to leave early, preventing certain tragedy.
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"We wouldn't be here if it wasn't for Zoe," her proud father Jason said.
"When we saw the smoke, we were all running around trying to grab things, but Zoe was the prepared one. She had already packed bags for each of the kids and loaded them in the car. She was so organised.
"We would have still been in the house, but she insisted that we leave.
"If it wasn't for Zoe, we wouldn't have survived. I have no doubt about that. I believe she was led by God on that day."
Zoe, a grade 3 student at Marysville Primary, was the guiding light for her brother Reuben, 6, and sisters Febe, 4, and Rebeca, 2.
While her mother Renee was still collecting valuables, Zoe had loaded her sibling's bags into the car.
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