The daughter of a well-known Tongan pastor is remembering her childhood home filled with love and faith after a deadly fire claimed the lives of both her parents on Saturday.
The Colleyville Fire Department was called to the family’s Briarwick Lane home around 10 a.m., finding the house engulfed in flames. Inside were her parents, 78-year-old Rev. Dr. Salesi “Charles” Havea and his 77-year-old wife, Sela, along with two of their adult sons.
Etina Havea says her older brothers, Sione Havea and Kisione Lipoi Havea, were able to escape. She says Sione Havea got out through a window and is still recovering from smoke inhalation that affected his heart, as well as cuts. She also says Kisione Havea suffered burns to both hands and inhaled smoke. Both are being treated at Parkland Hospital in Dallas…