Widow. My father has also passed away so the choice for me would be between my mother and my daughter.
Maternal instinct says daughter because I also know my mother has been just waiting for her “time”. And my daughter still has a full life to live. I would also have to put up with my mothers guilt if I did save her and not my daughter, which I could completely understand making the choice a little easier, but I still love my mother and would hope we never have to face a decision like this.
Dying by fire or water is excruciating for at least a second once your nerves get overloaded then your body goes into shock. I don’t wish it on anyone.
I’ve drowned once and had a 3rd degree rope burn and also had a barbeque blow up in my face and I reacted so good I only singed my eyebrow and half my long hair at that time, but I am lucky to have lived. Come to think of it I have had a lot of close calls with death :/ lets hope fire was done good enough for death.