Update: Family Displaced After Kitchen Fire

Update: Goose Creek Assistant Fire Chief Norman Cutshall tells Patch that the home on Francis Street is salvageable. The fire was contained to the cooking area of the kitchen, damaging the cabinets and fixtures. But the rest of the house is largely undamaged, he said.

The family was likely relocated temporarily because of the smoke. "As far as livability goes, it needs some cleaning before anyone can occupy the house again," Cutshall said.

ABC News 4 came out and talked with the family about losing all their possesions in the fire. There was also a harrowing moment when mother Katie Wright couldn't find her youngest daughter.

"It's the hardest moment of a mother's life," she said. "It's not something you ever want to experience. It seems like I was never going to find her and I was only like a foot away from her."

Wright could hear her crying through what she described as a wall of black smoke. The family eventually did escape.

Read more from the ABC News 4 report.

Original Report: The Lowcountry Red Cross assisted at three fires Monday, finding shelter and further aid to the families, including Goose Creek residents. 

In all, Red Cross provided assistance to 12 people, including five children. In Goose Creek, a family of five, including three children, were displaced in a fire. According to Red Cross, the group provided a room in a hotel, money for food, assistance to replace lost medicine and comfort kits with other necessary supplies.

People in North Charleston and Hampton County also required assistance, bringing the total number of Lowcountry residents helped to 987 for the year in the seven-county region, and 160 in just the last month.

To help American Red Cross in providing this aid, contact the local chapter at 843-764-2323 ext. 368 or visit them online.