ROCKDALE, Texas (KRHD) — A family in Rockdale lost their home in a fire on New Year's Day, but the community is rallying around them.
- Latrina Myers' home caught fire on New Year's Day, but fire and water damage has destroyed most of their belongings.
- The community has supported them, providing donations like clothes, shoes and financial support, including a donating to Myers' GoFundMe campaign that’s nearly halfway to its $2000 goal.
- Other community members and local business owners are discussing hosting bake sales and fundraisers on online Facebook groups.
- To donate to the family, you can use the following platforms:
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New Year's Day started normally for Latrina Myers' family.
"We were actually in the house. Everybody was asleep," she said.
Until the unimaginable happened.
"Christy white, actually, she called me on Facebook, and she was like, 'I just drove past your house, and it was like on fire,'" Myers said.
"We like hopped up, and oh my God, everything was on fire. The whole camper was on fire, and we, my kids were asleep, and we like had to wake them up. My baby's room was on fire."
Now, they're left without a home and are currently living in a hotel.
"The water damage completely ruined everything and like the inside of the house is just like coming in," she said.
"Mentally, my mental health, I am still, I think it hasn't set in maybe yet," she said.
But the community has them covered with donations.
"Mainly clothes, shoes, kitchen appliances, stuff like that... they pay for nights in the room," Myers said.
Online — some people are setting up fundraisers and bake sales, and Myers is close to reaching half of her $2000 goal on GoFundMe.
"Our little community in Rockdale has been coming to help us like none other, so, I thank you guys for that so much," she said.
But to her, the most important thing is her children.
"I'm grateful we all here. I'm just grateful for that. That's it. We're all alive. I don't care about material stuff — we can get that back, but our lives were saved," Myers said.
