GLOUCESTER, Va. — A Gloucester family is sorting through the rubble of their home after a fire last week destroyed everything.
It happened the morning of Jan. 4; several people were home, but were able to get out safely.
Fire officials say it appears to be electrical, and the family who lived there says they had a space heater plugged in, which may have led to this unfortunate outcome.
“Walking in there feels like a graveyard to me, that’s the best way to describe it, it’s taken out a lot of me, I'm just trying to deal with it," said Barry Jenkins, who lived in the home.
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The Red Cross provided a hotel initially, but Jenkins says it was only temporary.
Now a nonprofit called Helping the Homeless has stepped in.
For more information on their mission and how you can help, click here.
