A Brockville family is looking for a place to stay after a devastating house fire earlier this week.
On Thursday, as Mike and Kirsti Bakker assess the damage to their home northeast of the city, she lets out a gasp and starts to cry. It's the small victories, like finding their wedding photo untouched, that have the family holding on to hope.
"He was mashing the potatoes and he heard the pop and that's when he went around and the couch was already up to the ceiling in flames," she said."That fast." The family of six includes their 25-year-old son Liam with special needs. He was escorted out of his downstairs apartment when the fire started and is OK. "The fact that this is going to be a year means nothing to me. I need my family together in one home," Kirsti said."That's all that matters."
"I think once we're all together, that will be easier and then we can move on to the next step, whatever that is, of just kind of healing and moving on," he said.
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