Community Rallies for Iraq Veteran Who Lost Home to Fire

Community Rallies for Iraq Veteran Who Lost Home to Fire


Updated: Dec 03, 2011
A local Iraq war veteran is thanking his community after his neighbors and friends donated thousands of dollars' worth of household goods to get his family back on their feet.

Kyle Betts, his girlfriend, and her three kids lost the Oconto home they were living in to a fire in early November. It happened on the morning of November 7.

Betts and his girlfriend Tina Rigdon stood outside as the house went up in flames.

"I went downstairs and opened the front door, and all I saw was orange coming off the porch -- was just completely orange 'cause of the fire," Betts said.

They escaped the fire without harm, but with only the clothes they were wearing at the time.

"We didn't have anything. We didn't have anywhere to go, we didn't have money put together," Rigdon said.

Right away, the American Red Cross provided them with a motel room.

Donations started coming in.
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Green Bay Iraq Veterans family lost everything