HOUSE FIRE - Family of 3 lost EVERYTHING

At 3:00am exactly I woke up for some strange reason. About a minute later I heard knocking at my door. I got up and cautiously opened my door. It was my brother-in-law, pale and in shock, and what he said next changed everything. "Is smoke getting in your house?" No...what happened? Are you okay?" He then uttered "My house is on fire" and dropped to his knees. I looked out of my door and saw nothing but flames next door. I immediately asked if everyone got out. They did, barely.

The wood stove had caught on fire while they were sleeping. Luckily he fell asleep in the living room where the wood stove was located. The smell of smoke woke him up to the view of a wall on its way to being engulfed in flames. His first reaction was to try to stop the fire, but he soon noticed he was no match for this beast being born. He grabbed his son and woke his fiance. They grabbed what shoes they could see and got out. It was a windy night, which did not help at all. They called 911 and the fire department was here in about 10 minutes. They fought as quickly as they could, but absolutely everything was gone.

A house that my father worked so hard on fixing. Belongings of loved ones who have passed, family pictures, clothes, school supplies, all of it. Just gone in seconds. As I am writing this, I notice it is already 10:00am. The last firetruck just left around 7:30am. Has it really been 7 hours since I awoke to this disaster? Is it still happening?

I have managed to find a few clothing donations for my sister, brother-in-law, and nephew. But how are we even going to start rebuilding? I am turning to GoFundMe in hopes to raise enough money to purchase a used single wide to have it placed where the home was. Below is a rough breakdown of the costs:

Debris Clean-up                              $1,500.00

Purchase of the trailer                 $4,000.00

Moving and set up process        $2,500.00

Permits                                                  $    300.00

Materials                                              $    700.00

Furniture & Household Items  $1,000.00

We all greatly appreciate any and everything you feel you can do for our family in this terrible time. I am encouraging them to stay positive and am doing all I can to support them during this time. I will be documenting the clean-up process as well as the entire set-up, before and after.

Below are the News Articles

https://www.wxii12.com/article/surry-county-family-loses-everything-in-fire/29777196 

https://www.wxii12.com/article/three-people-escape-early-morning-mobile-home-fire-as-flames-burn-roof/29736682