A father and his daughter have been left homeless after fire destroyed their home in Deep Bay on Sept. 15.
According to Deep Bay Volunteer Fire Department, the fire was reported at approximately 3 p.m., and upon arriving at the scene, the house was fully engulfed in flames
鈥淲e fought the fire for about an hour and we called in Fanny Bay Fire Department to assist us for manpower to give our guys a break,鈥� said fire chief George Lenz. 鈥淲e鈥檙e not exactly sure of the cause yet. We鈥檙e still investigating. But the father and the daughter now don鈥檛 have a home because it鈥檚 a writeoff. There was no chance of saving the house when we got there.鈥�
Lenz said the father was working outside in front of the house when he heard an explosion.
鈥淗e went to explore it and saw the house was on fire,鈥� said Lenz. 鈥淭here was no other person inside the house. Just one person who was outside. I don鈥檛 think they had any pets.鈥�
Based on what he had seen, Lenz believed the fire started in the carport at the house.
鈥淚t spread very quickly into the dry grass into the greenhouse and it was also encroaching into the fence as well into the neighbour鈥檚 property,鈥� said Lenz, who had 23 firefighters out battling the blaze.
The Oceanside Emergency Support Services was called to provide John and Amanda Todd short-term assistance. There is a gofundme account organized by John鈥檚 son Hugh, to help them get back on their feet.
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Hugh said that the house has been his father鈥檚 home for 27 years and it鈥檚 also where he and his sister Amanda grew up. They both lost all their possessions.
鈥淚n the end most of what was lost is just stuff which isn鈥檛 important,鈥� said Hugh in his gofundme account. 鈥淏ut because of this fire, they鈥檝e both become homeless. I鈥檓 setting up this gofundme to help get them back on their feet. To get clothes on their backs and some living essentials. But mainly to help with finding some housing arrangements and cleaning up the wreckage.鈥�
Anyone wishing to help and donate can go the gofundme page at
鈥� NEWS Staff
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