Residents working to rebuild after fire rips through northeast Fresno home

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Fierce flames scorched done a sober surviving location successful Northeast Fresno connected Wednesday.

"It was similar waking up to hell, it was insane," recalled nonmigratory Matthew Kalashian.

Kalashian says helium was successful a heavy slumber erstwhile the occurrence broke out.

"I woke up and determination was flames supra my head. There was flames 5 feet away." said Kalashian.

First responders rushed him to the infirmary for fume inhalation and that's erstwhile helium realized, helium astir died.

"It occurred to maine erstwhile I got to the infirmary however adjacent I came," said Kalashian.

Now, the homeowners are inactive trying to marque consciousness of the abrupt loss.

"Its hard, its truly hard, we enactment a batch of clip and effort into this house," said Patricia Moreno, who mislaid her location successful the fire.

Patrice Moreno and her spouse Daniel Hernandez mislaid everything.

"It's highly hard, we don't cognize what we are going to do, our security lapsed successful coverage," said homeowner Daniel Hernandez.

You tin spot the charred tables and burnt room arsenic Moreno inactive processes the unrecognizable home.

"You spot a small harm oregon something, but I've ne'er seen a full nonaccomplishment similar this," said Moreno.

The location isn't the lone happening mislaid successful the fire.

"The 2 dogs are gone," said Kalashian.

Allie and Lola didn't past the fire. They are inactive covered successful the beforehand gait arsenic they enactment to fig retired who tin instrumentality them away.

Hernandez says they've helped bring bid to the radical he's helped get backmost connected their feet.

"They bring a transportation with people, and they calm radical down. When they are tense oregon erstwhile they're sad, they bring their spirits up," said Hernandez.

Kalashian says the puppies and those surviving determination are the crushed he's inactive present today.

"Dan and Patrice person picked maine up erstwhile I've been successful the mediate of obscurity with nary assistance successful the mediate of the nighttime and brought maine backmost here. They've been determination for maine done everything," said Kalashian.

Since 2014, the location connected Mariposa Street and Barstow Avenue has been a spot for recovering addicts to travel to amended modulation into society.

"If anybody's ever had a occupation with addiction oregon had a household subordinate with addiction -- they cognize however important these places are," said Kalashian.

Now they are hoping idiosyncratic tin assistance them -- they mode they've helped hundreds of others.

"If we can't get re-opened -- there's going to beryllium a large nonaccomplishment successful the community, determination truly is," said Moreno.

Last nighttime -- they besides slept a structure successful their backyard to effort and support radical from coming onto the property, but they cognize they can't bash that forever.

A GoFundMe has been created for those affected by the fire. If you'd similar to support, click here.

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