Macomb Township Family Loses Home In Fire, Asks For Help

MACOMB TOWNSHIP, MI – A local family is turning to friends, family and the Internet for a little help after fire destroyed their Westbridge Manor mobile home on Saturday afternoon. Five people who were residing at the home, including a 1-year-old, are now staying a nearby hotel, according to media reports.

Dave Farrar, who lived at the mobile home along with his girlfriend Shelly Carline, her two children and a grandson, told WXYZ-TV that the family lost everything.

A spokeswoman for the Macomb County Sheriff's Office told Patch today that the fire has been ruled accidental. No other details about firefighters' investigation of the fire were made available today.

A 1-year-old who was in the home at the time of the fire on Saturday, needed to be rescued, according to reports.

To help the family rebuild, Carline’s daughter, Carissa Debeaussaert created a GoFundMe page to raise up to $20,000. So far, the page has yielded $1,665 in donations.

"My siblings and mother only have the clothes on their backs," writes Debeaussaert on the GoFundMe site. "The house is a total loss they have nothing left of the home. They have no clothes, no toys, no necessities, essentials, food, lost all childhood pictures and memories."

The family’s home is insured, according to the GoFundMe post, but it’s not known how long before a settlement is paid. Meantime, "they have to start completely over right before the holidays."

Any donations are welcome and Debeaussaert wrote. The family needs clothes, toys, toiletries and food. The kids sizes are girls and boys size 10, boys size 5 and women's clothes size 8 or medium.

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