DELHI, Calif. ( KSEE/KGPE ) – In northern Merced County, many in the community of Delhi have been left heartbroken and shocked after three people, two small children and their father, perished along with their dog in an early morning fire Wednesday.
“It definitely felt like a nightmare last night and it still feels like it is,” said neighbor Daniela Lopez. “It is not ending. It just feels like, it just seems so unfair. I just can’t get everything out of my head.”
Lopez and her family live next door to the residence where the fire broke out in a detached structure in the 9000 Block of Sands Rd. at around 1:30 a.m.
The fire could be seen over their fence, immediately hitting home for the long-time family friends.
“We’ve been neighbors for about 15 years. We’ve known them since [they were] little. They always spent time here,” said Lopez.
She says they were sound asleep when screams began to ring out from the mother of the children, who Lopez revealed were a boy and girl around the age of 10.