Fundraiser Held In Honor Of 7-Year-Old Who Died In House Fire In Northwest DC

WASHINGTON, DC — A fire in Northwest D.C. killed 7-year-old Karen Thomas on Tuesday. Since then, a GoFundMe was created to help the Thomas family during this difficult time.

Firefighters pulled Karen from a burning home on Quebec Place Tuesday afternoon. Officials said numerous other children were rescued from the house at the time of the fire.

Karen died after being transported to a nearby hospital for her injuries. She was in the house with adult family members and several other children when the smoke detectors went off. When D.C. firefighters arrived at the scene, the adults were evacuating the children with the help of neighbors.

On the GoFundMe site, the organizer of the fundraiser, Wayne Thomas, wrote about the “double tragedy” that his family suffers on Tuesday.

“My children and grandchildren suffered a house fire, and all of their belongings were destroyed. The most devastating and painful was one of my granddaughters did not survive the fire. Let our Angel rest in Heaven,” Thomas wrote.

• See the GoFundMe page to donate money.

“It is difficult to know exactly where to start rebuilding. Everything was lost in the fire. My family only had the clothes worn when they escaped the fire,” he said.

The Thomas family will have to relocate to temporary housing and will have to replace all of their belongings.

Visit the GoFundMe page to help the Thomas family recover from the loss of Karen and rebuild their lives.

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