Three sisters in western Canada now have something extra in common: over the past three years, each has been forced to evacuate their homes due to forest fires.

The latest escape of the Edmonton-raised siblings was by the youngest, who was recently forced out of her home near 100 Mile House, B.C.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a rollercoaster ride,鈥� Tracy Pizzey told CTV Edmonton. 鈥淚 could see it up over a ridge and I just knew -- I said, 鈥業'm getting out right now鈥� cause at that point there was one road out and I felt so trapped.鈥�

As of Saturday, more than 16,000 people have been forced from their homes as numerous wildfires rage across the province鈥檚 central and southern interior.

Tracy鈥檚 two older sisters, Barb and Sandy, can both relate.

鈥淚t's quite frightening and we know exactly what they're going through,鈥� Barb Thorton-Dancey told CTV Edmonton. 鈥淭his is a life changer.鈥�

Barb and her husband, Gordon, live in Fort McMurray. As thousands of people raced away from their homes last spring, the couple stayed behind. Both work at Fort McMurray鈥檚 hospital and Barb couldn鈥檛 leave until all of the patients had been brought to safety.

鈥淗e had run home to get our dogs,鈥� Barb said of her husband.

鈥淎nd it was in the backyard at the time,鈥� Gordon added.

The couple then knew that their home would be destroyed.

鈥淚t was hard, you know, seeing her go through that,鈥� eldest sister Sandy Fairburn said.

Sandy herself was forced to flee her home near Rock Creek, B.C. a year earlier when wildfires threatened the community.

In August 2015, she was outside when she spotted smoke. It wasn鈥檛 long before she spotted the flames one hill over from her house.

With such little warning, her family fled without packing. They weren鈥檛 sure what would be left when they returned, but when they did, they discovered that neighbours and firefighters had fought off the flames, which came within less than three metres of their house.

鈥淲e were so fortunate,鈥� Sandy said.

Tracy remembers hearing from her sister that day two summers ago.

鈥淚 was very shaken up from it,鈥� she said. 鈥淭his is always my go to place -- it's my favourite place. If I go on a holiday, I want to come here.鈥�

That鈥檚 where Tracy is now, at Sandy鈥檚 mountaintop home, waiting for word on when she can return to her own fire-threatened house.

With a report from CTV Edmonton鈥檚 Susan Amerongen