The Daily Herald has a follow-up story about the residents of the house fire in West Chicago on Thursday:

Carlee Martino didn’t have much time to react when she woke up from a nap to the sound of her mother screaming that their West Chicago house was on fire. Just moments later, Martino stood outside with her mother, father, three brothers and four family pets to watch the smoke and flames consume all their belongings.

But it wasn’t so much her clothes, computer and furnishings that Martino mourned after Thursday afternoon’s fire. It was the loss off her school supplies. Martino is in her second semester at Elgin Community College’s nursing program. It costs about $1,000 in books and supplies each semester to get through the program. That doesn’t factor in the cost of tuition and getting to and from school.

That’s where Brittany Von Eyser is hoping to help. Von Eyser is one of Martino’s classmates in the program. Shortly after learning about Martino’s needs, she began an online fundraiser to help her friend get enough money to replace her nursing supplies and obtain some basic clothes to get to school.

A cause for the fire has not yet been determined. Von Eyser said the Martino family are staying at a grandfather’s home in Bloomingdale while the fire is investigated. No one was seriously injured in the fire but the residence is considered a total loss.

The complete article is HERE.

Our articles with photos are HERE and HERE.

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