The gusty conditions in Marana played havoc with anything lightweight - like this trampoline - that might catch the wind. A jumping castle broke free nearby on Saturday, carrying a girl inside more than 100 feet through the air until she fell onto the roof in the background, breaking some roof tiles. 
 
 A 9-year-old girl suffered serious injuries Saturday when the jumping castle she was in got caught in a high wind gust and dropped her on a neighbor's roof. 
 
 Alissa Baray was attending a birthday party at a home in the 7900 block of Ironwood Reserve Way, near North Silverbell and West Twin Peaks roads in Marana, said Capt. Adam Goldberg, a Northwest Fire District spokesman. 
 
 She and her 11-year-old sister, Jessica, were in the jumping castle when a sudden, intense gust of wind - witnesses described it as similar to a microburst - sent it airborne, Goldberg said. The jumping castle was tied down, but the force of the wind broke the ties, he said. 
 
 Jessica dropped out shortly after the castle took off, but her younger sister was trapped inside, he said. It flew about 110 feet before it dropped her on a neighbor's roof, he said. 
 
 Paramedics rescued the child and took both girls to University Medical Center. Jessica had only minor injuries, but Alissa suffered a minor concussion, said the girls' grandmother, Marianne Lucero. 
 
 She was alert at the hospital Saturday night. "She opened her eyes and said, 'I love you grandma'," Lucero said. 
 
 The girls' father hurt his ankle as he tried to chase the jumping castle, she said. 
 
 Tanya Carroll was at home Saturday when she heard a loud crash on her roof. When she went outside, she saw a man climbing onto her roof to reach the younger girl. Another man, the girl's father, told her to call 911. 
 
 With the girl out of the jumping castle, it again took flight. 
 
 Tonya Rerecich saw it carrying a pair of oversized boxing gloves and dragging its motor as it flew over the neighborhood. 
 
 "It was fully inflated," she said. 
 
 After about a minute it crashed into the side of her house. She said it moved with such force she was grateful the little girl was out of it by then. 
 
 "It hit the side of my house so hard," Rerecich said. "It would've killed her." 
 
 Gusts reached up to 30 mph in Marana Saturday afternoon, the National Weather Service reported. 
 
 Guidelines for jumping castles vary by manufacturer, and each situation is different, said Jake Towne, owner of All About Parties, which rents jumping castles, obstacle courses and carnival games for parties. 
 
 All About Parties did not provide the jumping castle for the party in Marana Saturday. 
 
 Towne's jumping castles can handle wind speeds of up to 25 mph, he said. But even in high winds, jumping castles sometimes still can be used safely, he said. 
 
 "It depends on where they're set up," he said. "Some areas are shielded from the wind." 
 
 Contact reporter Jamar Younger at jyounger@azstarnet.com or call 573-4115. 

 Bounce house blows away; lands child on a rooftop Posted: Saturday, February 19, 2011 6:26 PM EST Updated: Monday, February 21, 2011 12:25 PM EST 
 
 The jumping castle went over a neighbor's roof where the girl fell out before it landed on the ground 
 
 Editor's note: an updated version of this story containing interviews with the children who were trapped in the bounce house is available at this link. 
 
 Reporter: Jessica Chapin 
 
 Web Producer: Sheryl Kornman 
 
 MARANA, Ariz. (KGUN9-TV) - Strong winds took an inflatable jumping castle into the air Saturday afternoon, landing a 9-year-old girl on a rooftop. It happened at a home in the Vistas at Continental Ranch during a birthday party Saturday afternoon. 
 
 The 9-year old has serious head injuries, suffered when the castle traveled about 100 feet and landed about 13 feet off the ground, on a neighbor's roof. An 11-year-old girl was also injured when she fell to the ground, falling from the jumping castle as it rose in the air. 
 
 The girls were taken to University Medical Center for treatment of their injuries. Northwest Fire Capt. Adam Goldberg says he's seen bounce house mishaps before, but never like this. 
 
 "[The jumping castle] essentially took about a hundred foot ride ending up on the house you see behind me," he said, pointing to a rooftop with broken tiles, "just above the window and to the right you can see there's about 20 roof tiles that have been damaged as a result of her impact." 
 
 Neighbor Tanya Rerecich saw the whole thing from her upstairs window. 
 
 "I've never seen wind like that before," she said, "it came and it was gone in maybe less than two minutes it was over. And there was a child on a roof." 
 
 The 11-year-old has been discharged from the hospital and is doing well. The 9-year-old girl was stable with non-life-threatening injuries Saturday night. 
 
 Goldberg says the bounce house was tethered to the ground and it appears no one is at fault. He advises everyone to check the weather and take conditions into account when planning any outdoor activity. 

 Fright flight: children discuss ordeal in flying bounce house Posted: Sunday, February 20, 2011 9:20 PM EST Updated: Monday, February 21, 2011 5:01 PM EST 
 
 The jumping castle went over a neighbor's roof, where Alissa fell out, before it landed on the ground 
 
 A.J. Baray says the gusty winds did make him nervous and he regrets not taking any action. 
 
 Reporter: Ileana Diaz 
 
 Web Producer: Laura Rios 
 
 TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - Jessica Baray and Alissa Baray won't be jumping in a bounce house anytime soon. The girls were at a neighbor's birthday party, inside a jumping castle, when the wind picked it up with the sisters trapped inside. 
 
 9-year old Alissa suffered serious head injuries when the castle traveled about 100 feet and landed about 13 feet off the ground, on a neighbor's roof. 
 
 "I was getting ready to play and then I stood up and, the next thing I know, I'm on the floor and everything is spinning around and then I just passed out," said Alissa. 
 
 11-year-old Jessica was also injured when she fell to the ground, falling from the jumping castle as it rose in the air. 
 
 "I closed my eyes and I felt myself tossing and turning and tumbling and it just kept going until I felt my self stop moving and then I got up and opened my eyes and realized I was on the ground," said Jessica. 
 
 "What was it like to experience that and know that your sister was trapped inside?" asked KGUN9's Ileana Diaz. 
 
 "It was very scary and I just couldn't imagine if she wouldn't have landed on the roof, if it would've kept going, it seemed like it was just going too fast," replied Jessica. 
 
 It was moving so fast that the girls' father, A.J. Baray, who was just a couple of feet from the jumping castle, didn't have time to react until it was too late. 
 
 "When I saw her body hit the roof, the impact and her not moving, I didn't want to think about it, but I was just like, 'You know Lord, whatever your will,'" he explained. 
 
 Baray said the gusty winds did make him nervous and he regrets not taking any action. 
 
 "I didn't want to be the mean father and not let them play at the party," he said. "I had some concerns with the wind in the castle but all of the kids were in and out of it and okay." 
 
 Baray said he learned a lesson--to follow his instincts. As for his two girls, they're now both at home recuperating. Jessica had 11 minor injuries and Alissa suffered from a concussion and had to get six staples in her head.
– Everyone loves bouncing in a jumping castle—but in Arizona, things went horribly wrong when a bounce house was carried away by the wind on Saturday. Alissa Baray, 9, and her sister Jessica, 11, were inside the castle at the time, celebrating a birthday party, when a sudden gust of wind occurred. Alissa traveled about 110 feet before being thrown, landing on a nearby roof and suffering serious head injuries, while her sister fell out earlier and suffered only minor injuries, the Arizona Daily Star reports. Alissa suffered a minor concussion, but is now home recuperating, KGUN9 reports. A neighbor saw the sudden, strong wind dragging the bounce house's motor around the neighborhood, and notes that after Alissa fell out, the castle crashed into her house: "It hit the side of my house so hard. It would've killed her." The neighbor tells KGUN9, “I've never seen wind like that before. it came and it was gone in maybe less than two minutes it was over. And there was a child on a roof.”