After an early morning fire, the Troncoso family says there’s hardly anything left of the place they called “home.”
- The Troncoso family is assessing the damage to their home after a devastating early morning grease fire destroyed much of it
- While Maria and Michael Troncoso escaped with their dog, the family lost two pet birds and is now without homeowners insurance
- A GoFundMe has been set up to support the first-generation family as they navigate the loss and search for a new home
(The following is a transcription of the full broadcast story, with additional details for the web)
Sisters Sammanta and Abbey, along with their mother Maria, looked through what once was their house just off Prospect Avenue for the first time Tuesday afternoon after a fire destroyed their home the day before.
“It wasn’t much, but the thing is this is where the family would get together. Now we’re just trying to pick up the pieces,” Sammanta Troncoso said…