As she took a nap late Sunday afternoon, Amanda Uitto was awakened 鈥渙ut of a dead sleep鈥� by a panicking friend.
According to a for Uitto and two roommates, Levi Mclaughlin and Heather Maton, Uitto鈥檚 friend was 鈥渟creaming and telling me that the house was on fire and we had to get out now.鈥�
鈥淚 ran into the hallway and that鈥檚 when I saw the flames already bursting through the sliding glass door,鈥� Uitto is quoted as saying in a statement on the GoFundMe page.
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The fire in question scorched one house 鈥� reportedly the one lived in by Uitto and her roommates 鈥� and damaged three others after it sparked around 4 p.m. Sunday on Seal Way near Peardonville Road.
鈥淚 tried to find and grab all our pets, I got our dogs, and got out in the nick of time. Our two cats were nowhere to be seen and I couldn鈥檛 get to my gecko, Herman, as my room was already engulfed in flames,鈥� Uitto said.
鈥淚 was in full panic mode, crying harder than I ever thought was possible. Hyperventilating so bad the firemen had to put me on oxygen to try to calm me down. I was able to get my dogs to my car and as the flames came closer I had to drive my vehicle out of the driveway.鈥�
The three roommates hadn鈥檛 even been living in the Abbotsford residence for a month before the fire broke out. 91原创 resident Patti Parkinson, who set up the GoFundMe page, said the three did not have renter鈥檚 insurance.
鈥淏ecause of moving expenses and furniture and all that kind of stuff, they had planned on getting it August 1,鈥� said Parkinson, whose boyfriend鈥檚 children were two of the roommates at the house, along with a family friend.
Parkinson hopes to raise $15,000 for the three roommates, who she said lost just about everything in the fire, from furniture to most of their clothing.
鈥淭hey have no place to stay. They鈥檙e all kind of staying here and there every night, and it鈥檚 hard to buy all new clothes,鈥� Parkinson said. 鈥淭hey have to find another place to live as well, but they don鈥檛 have any furniture.鈥�
