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Portal familys home burns down
Money sought for move into refurbished mobile home
house fire for Jeff1123
This is all that was left after a home belonging to Cynthia Raymond, of Rocky Ford Road in Portal, burned to the ground Nov. 9. - photo by Special
Having lost everything, a Portal family is making do under rough circumstances but hoping and praying for generosity. Six people — a grandmother, her two children, and three youngsters – have moved from one temporary dwelling to another this month, after an accident on Nov. 9 turned their longtime home to ash. Now, they are reaching out to the community, in hopes of overcoming one final hurdle to solidifying a permanent place to live.
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