Kirkpatrick-Davila Family
Kirkpatrick-Davila Family
(Seguin) — Help is being organized for a local family of six who is now forced to start over after losing their home to a fire earlier this week. A GoFundMe account and a drop off location for cash and gift cards have now been established for the Kirkpatrick-Davila Family. The family, on Tuesday, lost their home to a fire that originally started next door at their neighbor’s home. The fire was reported Tuesday night in the 800 block of Cedar Street.
Family friend Jennifer Caruso says luckily, all six of the family members managed to get out of the home safely. However, she says the family is left to pick up the pieces.
“They are a married couple and they are young. They have four children 10 and under. The youngest one is only 1-years-old. The house is a total loss. There really isn’t nothing at all salvageable. We saw the home and we walked through it today and if it wasn’t burnt, it was ruined with water and smoke damage and so, they will be starting from scratch which is devastating of course. We are still trying to figure out a living arrangement. We are working right now just to make sure that they have somewhere to stay for the rest of this week. We are trying to just make sure they have clothing and food and those immediate necessities for this week and then, we will be focused on the larger picture, the longer term arrangement for a new place to live and replacing their things,” said Caruso.
Caruso says it’s been very difficult for the entire family and hopes that folks will extend a helping hand. She says her main focus right now is to lessen as much stress as possible for the family.
Kirkpatrick-Davila Family
“So, Tristan is a hardworking family man. He gives everything to his family. He is in plumbing and he’s working on becoming a licensed journeyman plumber so he’s been in the process of becoming a plumber and Autumn is a stay at home mother, dedicated, loving, fantastic mother to her four children and the kiddos, again, range from 10 all the way down to one. The two older kids are really struggling with the realization that all of their items, all of the things that they loved, the things that they have had since childhood that means so much to them are gone and we are trying to help them process that and move through that acceptance. But right now, everybody is still in sort of a state of shock and since it was a rental home, they did not even have renter’s insurance as a lot of young people aren’t’ even aware of the importance of getting rental insurance and so we don’t believe that there will be any financial support coming from an insurance company or any other entity like that,” said Caruso.
Caruso says families are welcome to donate via GoFundMe or they can stop by and drop off cash and gift cards at Dietz Flower Shop.
“But, if we could ease a little bit of the financial stress for them and the GoFund account is one way. We are also accepting gift cards to restaurants, assistance paying for the hotel for a little bit. We are accepting cash donations and I know a lot of people want to give tangible items but the reality is with a family of six crammed in a two bedroom hotel, adjoining rooms, and they don’t have anywhere to put a lot of items right now so that’s why we are really asking for just cards or monetary donations,” said Caruso.
The family consist of four children, two boys and two girls. They include 10-year-old Ja; 9-year-old Ely; 3-year-old Sammy and 1-year-old Landon.
Again, the family ask that only gift cards, cash, checks or funds via GoFund be provided at this time. Monetary donations will be accepted at Dietz Flower Shop Mondays through Fridays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
To donate, log onto gofundme.com and visit Kirkpatrick-Davila Family Fire Recovery.