DAVIE COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — A firefighter with the Advance Hearth Division misplaced every part when his house erupted in flames, in accordance with the hearth division.

At about 9:40 a.m. Saturday, crews responded to a hearth on the 100 block of McDaniel Highway on the house of auxiliary Advance Hearth Division firefighter William MacDonald.

MacDonald’s son was house with a pal when the hearth began. They had been within the basement and heard a sound upstairs. After they went to verify, they noticed a hearth on the porch.

Each had been capable of escape via the again of the home by the point firefighters received to the scene. They then known as 911.

The dad and mom weren’t house when the hearth broke out, however they instantly went house after receiving a smoke detector alert on their cellphone.

The hearth was below management inside a half an hour, however the house was destroyed. The household is working to salvage what they’ll from the stays.

It’s unclear what induced the hearth.

The Advance Hearth Division stated in a Fb submit that the household is “in want of every part.” The hearth division says somebody might be on the hearth station always to gather donations for the household. AFD is asking for brand new and gently used clothes, money and reward playing cards for large field shops, grocery shops and eating places.

William MacDonald wears pants measurement 40×32, shirts measurement XXL and footwear measurement 12W. His spouse wears shirts measurement medium and huge, pants measurement 12-14 and footwear measurement 8. For his or her son, the household is asking for less than clothes that doesn’t have buttons or zippers because of the son’s particular wants. Their son wears shirts measurement XXL, jogging pants measurement XXL and footwear measurement 11W.

A GoFundMe has additionally been set as much as assist the household.