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Fire ripped family of home

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The apartment that caught fire at 602 n 22nd st in billings, mt was where my parents called home for 9 years, and where my family called home since October when my father suddenly passed. We were woken up at 730am to our kitchen closet busting open and the smell of something burning. Upon seeing the flames I grabbed the fire extinguisher and extinguished the fire, so I thought... it having been an electrical fire due to the landlord installing a wall heater in the closet to keep the pipes warm during the winter, it quickly burst back up in flames. At this point I screamed for everyone to get the h*** out. None of us had shoes on and my youngest was in only his underwear, school was cancelled for my kids that day due to dangerously cold temperatures (-17). Frostbite was instant against bare skin and snow frozen ground.... I re entered the apt in attempts to save my mom's dog of 10 years, I was unsuccessful and when BFD finally arrived after being dispatched to the wrong place I was immediately rushed to the hospital for smoke inhalation and 2nd degree burns.... My middle son was taken to the ER shortly after me.
My family lost everything the other morning due to faulty wiring.... We were left with what we had on and the sweats the hospital was kind enough to supply. We lost everything we've owned including a roof over our heads.
Every penny counts right now and if there's anyone who would be willing to help it would be greatly appreciated. Every cent will be going to getting a new place to live and replacing what was lost.
Thank you for taking the time to read this, that alone is appreciated.

Two of The many news articles is linked below
https://www.google.com/amp/billingsgazette.com/news/local/two-people-taken-to-hospital-after-fire-in-historic-building/article_39eec979-a37c-51a0-857b-6033c5be7cec.amp.html
http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/photos-firefighters-rescue-people-animals-from-billings-apartment-fire/collection_f2d96af5-9bda-57df-bfcb-891b0132a544.html



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Catrina Lowery
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Billings Metropolitan Area, MT

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