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GoFundMe Campaign Aims to Help Foxborough House Fire Victims

Karen Ostrom Kelly has started a GoFundMe campaign to help Gerry Cronin and Kellie Burke.

Originally published March 3, 2016

FOXBOROUGH, MA - Less than a day after a fire gutted a South Grove Street home, local neighbors are now helping the victims.

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Karen Ostrom Kelly, who lives next to the owners of the home, has started a GoFundMe campaign to help Gerry Cronin and Kellie Burke.


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A goal of $5,000 has been set.

"Gerry and Kellie are good, hard working people who have experienced struggle but have always persevered," Kelly wrote on GoFundMe."This will enable Gerry, Kellie, and Blazer, to get piece their lives back together again and afford the everyday living items they will need as they choose to rebuild or find other living arrangements."

According to the page, the fire took everything but the couple's car and the clothes on their back.

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