PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — A Portsmouth woman and her four daughters are struggling to recover after a fire broke out Saturday night in their neighbor’s apartment on Deep Creek Boulevard and Lincoln Street, making theirs unlivable.
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The mother told 10 On Your Side that, even with assistance from the Red Cross, it’s difficult to bounce back.
Rene Jones was recording her daughters having fun and dancing Saturday night. Twenty minutes later, their lives would be turned upside down.
“Sounded like it was literally an explosion,” Jones said. “It made me feel like a car hit — it shook the entire apartment, the whole building.”…