Crime & Safety
UPDATED: Friends Respond to Help Northfield Family Displaced by House Fire
Already in the works are plans for a bake sale, a benefit concert and a website to accept donations for the family.
In less than 12 hours after the Haslett-Marroquin family were displaced , more than 150 people have joined a Facebook group to help.
Already in the works are plans for a bake sale, a benefit concert and a website to accept donations for the family, which includes three children who attend and .
The page has filled with words of sadness, thankfulness and shock.
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"All of these people are alive, be thankful," one person wrote.
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Nobody was hurt in , but the family's dogs were lost in the blaze.
Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin said his family is staying with in-laws in Northfield, he told the Northfield News.
Northfield Fire Chief Gerry Franek didn't know the cause of the fire but a state fire marshal should determine that in the coming days.
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