The remnants of last week’s mobile home fire has been cleaned up, but life isn’t yet back to normal for Farron Vaughan and Tracey Garnett.
The couple rent a house at 203rd Street and Golden Ears Way and have yet to have power restored since a fire on the same property destroyed a mobile home.
A woman who lived in the mobile home located across the yard wasn’t present when the fire started early Nov. 19.
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Vaughan said on Facebook Sunday that they’ve been without electricity for five days, but that he’s got a portable power source and uses his barbecue for cooking.
On the other hand, the couple has several animals to care for, including two cats and two dogs – one of whom is Winnie, whose barking early Tuesday alerted the household about the fire – along with 22 bunnies and four turtles.
“We have kind of become a home of lost souls. We take in and re-home bunnies, as well as breed bunnies for pets. All of our pets, except for our newest member Winnie, have all been rescues or needing a new home and we love them all very much,” Vaughan said on Facebook.
He added they’re managing the day-to-day costs, but note that the extras “may be the straw that breaks the camel’s back.”
He’s set up a gofundme page to help raise money to restore power to the property.
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