Ohatchee family loses everything including four pets in Christmas Eve house fire
An Ohatchee woman and her family are left with nothing after a blazing fire. It happened on Christmas Eve. Unfortunately, the fire also claimed the lives of the family's four pets.Odom was planning to spend Christmas Eve with her family in Gardendale, so she’s grateful she and her human family weren’t home when the house went up in flames. Her fur babies Cobalt, O.J. and Waffles died in the fire, but Odom tells WVTM 13 that putting her dog Mochi down because of her injuries from the blaze was the toughest loss.Odom, her husband and their three kids were only left with the clothes they had on their backs and three Bibles. During the grief she feels, Odom said her heart was warmed by the generosity of others who stepped up to make sure her family could still feel the joy of the holiday season.“For everybody to come together really late on Christmas Eve and find presents and clothing from stores that were closed in less than three hours,” she said. “Everything was filled. They had stockings. They had presents. They had name brand stuff that I had never even heard of and stuff that I could never afford in my entire life. woke up actually having Christmas and having clothes—more than what was on their backs.”The cause of the fire is still being investigated. The family set up a GoFundMe to help with the cost of rebuilding.
An Ohatchee woman and her family are left with nothing after a blazing fire. It happened on Christmas Eve. Unfortunately, the fire also claimed the lives of the family's four pets.
Odom was planning to spend Christmas Eve with her family in Gardendale, so she’s grateful she and her human family weren’t home when the house went up in flames. Her fur babies Cobalt, O.J. and Waffles died in the fire, but Odom tells WVTM 13 that putting her dog Mochi down because of her injuries from the blaze was the toughest loss.
Odom, her husband and their three kids were only left with the clothes they had on their backs and three Bibles. During the grief she feels, Odom said her heart was warmed by the generosity of others who stepped up to make sure her family could still feel the joy of the holiday season.
“For everybody to come together really late on Christmas Eve and find presents and clothing from stores that were closed in less than three hours,” she said. “Everything was filled. They had stockings. They had presents. They had name brand stuff that I had never even heard of and stuff that I could never afford in my entire life. [The kids] woke up actually having Christmas and having clothes—more than what was on their backs.”
The cause of the fire is still being investigated. The family set up a GoFundMe to help with the cost of rebuilding.