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Victim of Penticton house fire just had surgery for cancer

Gofundme started for the family of 3 who lost everything in the blaze on Burns Street
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A house on Burns Street caught fire leaving a family of three without anything. (Logan Lockhart/Western News)

A house fire on Remembrance Day has left a family homeless just after the mom had surgery to treat cancer.

Around 2:15 p.m., black smoke was reported to be coming from the home on Burns Street last Saturday.

A witness told a Black Press Media reporter on scene that a small flame was visible at a bottom window but within minutes, it spread to the upstairs.

The house, located just off Eckhardt Avenue, is in an alley and the damage is significant.

The mom was in the home resting at the time of the fire but did manage to escape unharmed along with her son and daughter.

Her older son Atias Phonsavathdy, who doesnsa国际传媒檛 live with them, started a GoFundMe to help them out.

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sa国际传媒淚 have a younger sister that cansa国际传媒檛 afford to get clothes as well as a brother that lived there that lost everything.

sa国际传媒淧lease help my family as we do not have much and itsa国际传媒檚 so hard to help take care of them while Isa国际传媒檓 living and working in a different city,sa国际传媒 he added.

Within just two days, over $6,000 has been raised for the family.

The family will be looking for a new place to live and clothing as they lost everything in the fire.

The Gofundme can be found .



Monique Tamminga

About the Author: Monique Tamminga

Monique brings 20 years of award-winning journalism experience to the role of editor at the Penticton Western News. Of those years, 17 were spent working as a senior reporter and acting editor with the Langley Advance Times.
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