CHEEKTOWAGA – The victims of a kitchen fire on Autumnwood Drive are getting assistance in rebuilding their lives from caring community members.
South Line firefighters were alerted to the blaze inside 60 Autumnwood Drive on June 27th. The bulk of the fire was found on the first floor of the split-level in the kitchen area.
A GoFundMe page was established by a neighbor to help. The family of five just moved into the home six months ago with their three dogs and one lizard according to the page. Over $1,900 was raised in under a week.
Southline Little League ran a fundraiser over the weekend that raised $1,000 for the family. Roughly 300 families from the organization supported the effort according to AJ Caddell, VP of Baseball Operations.
The cause of the fire appears to be accidental cooking.