A family who had just bought their dream house are now homeless following a devastating fire north of Castleton in Cramahe Township on Monday, January 17, 2022.
At approximately 5:30 a.m. Cramahe Township Fire Department were notified of a structure fire on Dawson Road north of Castleton.
It was almost at the height of the snow storm and firefighters said it was extremely difficult driving to the fire because of near zero visibility.
Once on site, firefighters couldn’t save the structure and fought the fire from outside of the two-storey home.
Fire crews from Alnwick/Haldimand, Hamilton Township and Trent Hills were also called for assistance and tanker support, but the home burned to the ground.
The family was alerted to the fire from smoke detectors.
The fire was deemed not suspicious and believed to have started in the area of the wood stove.
A GoFundMe has been started by a friend of the Smith family which includes Tanner and Jess Smith along with their two children Paige and Landon.
The family escaped with only the clothes they were wearing at the time.
Clothing: (anything warm, shoes/socks, blankets)
Women’s medium
Men’s medium
Girls size small? To be updated. Age 12.
Boys size 10. Shoe size 3/4. Age 9.
They have a dog, cat and lizard.
Donations can be dropped off at the following locations
K9 Fit – 14352 county road 2 Brighton or Kawartha Vision Care, 9 Elgin St East in Cobourg from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday to Friday.
Author: Pete Fisher
Has been a photojournalist for over 30-years and have been honoured to win numerous awards for photography and writing over the years. Best selling author for the book Highway of Heroes - True Patriot Love
