Family loses everything in Thanksgiving Day fire, community rallies to help

A Glendale family is working to rebuild their lives after a devastating fire destroyed their apartment on Thanksgiving Day, which also happened to be 8-year-old Bella’s birthday.

Melissa Estrada, her mother and two daughters, 10-year-old Delilah and 8-year-old Bella, had not even started cooking their Thanksgiving turkey when they saw smoke begin to rise from the area behind their oven and fill their Glendale apartment. Within seconds, the family scrambled to escape.

“We had just sung happy birthday to her. Had just gotten some birthday gifts and next thing you know, everything changed,” Melissa said. “In an instant, everything, we lost everything.”…

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