The aftermath of the house fire.Photo: GoFundMe
A family of nine is attempting to pick up the pieces after their beloved California home, and everything they owned inside, was destroyed in a fire.
“There’s times where I feel stuck and there’s times where I just want to break down and cry,” she explained to the outlet. “Like [the kids] being scared. Everything they had went up in flames… It’s just devastating and I kind of feel like a failure right now. Like I’m failing them.”
According toa tweet from CALFire/Riverside County Fire Department, the blaze broke out just before 6 p.m.
Firefighters responded to the scene to find a “single story, single family dwelling well involved in fire” and spent close to an hour extinguishing the flames, thetweets stated.
The aftermath of the house fire.GoFundMe
Though everyone was able to escape without injury, the home was completely destroyed.
Photos of the damage, which were later posted toa GoFundMe pageset up for the family, showed the rubble and ash piled up in what used to be their bedrooms and kitchen.
“We seriously lost everything but we’re alive so thank the LORD for that,” Mancinas wrote on the fundraiser.
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“My daughter said she plugged her tablet in and the wall outlet sparked,” she explains. “Her tablet started getting hot but then she left it charging in her room, which is where the fire started, from what I saw.”
“We have to start all over again, and find a new place to stay,” he explained to KESQ. “And then my kids are kind of shook up.”
As devastating as it is to lose all of their belongings and home, Marcinas said she’s feeling fortunate that her family survived.
“You could dress up a home you can make it looks so pretty but it’s nothing if there’s no kids running around and laughing,” she told KESQ. “I’m just grateful. I don’t feel like I’m alone in this… people have really made me feel welcomed.”
“We will rebuild with a stronger foundation and plan,” she added on the GoFundMe, which has raised over $1,600 of its $5,000 goal.
Those interested in donating to the family’s GoFundMe can do sohere.
source: people.com
