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Two families in Burrell Boom had to spend the holidays without a home. 6 days ago, on last week Friday afternoon, the houses of Kimberly Seguro and Temeka Card were completely destroyed by a fire. The fire is suspected to be electrical and started in Seguro's bedroom; it then quickly spread to her sister's home. It was eventually contained with the help of their neighbors and friends who alerted the fire department, but by then, it was too late. Although none of the five residents were harmed, both families lost everything. Today, we spoke with one of the victims.

Kimberly Seguro - Fire victim
"It happened about around 1 o' clock in the afternoon. I was inside my sister's house watching TV with her because I had just finished washing some clothes and I send my son to the grocery store to purchase some things because I wanted to go and cook. And when he came backâ€Â¦ I had my little nephew and another, my neighbor's son, inside my house playing games on their tablet. And when my son came back, that's when one of them ran out and told me auntie auntie, your house is on fire and I ran over to see what was happened. When I got over there I saw that it was coming from my bedroom, so I pull open my room door to see if I can grab y bag with my documents and see if it is something that I could have controlled. But by the time I open the door, all I could have done is just shut it back and just run out. It is very rough on us right now, especially in this time of the year, you know, it's Christmas time. Everything got destroyed for us; everything that we had, everything that we had just purchased for the holiday; everything. Everything was destroyed. We didn't't mange to save anything."

The families are asking for the public's assistance with building materials and home supplies. Contact 626-8565, 628-2092 or 623-1657 if you wish to assist.