Waukesha County Family Loses Everything in House Fire — Except Lives

WAUKESHA COUNTY, WI — There were no reported injuries after a house fire was fully engulfed on Tuesday in the Town of Ottawa - but fund raising efforts are underway to help the family recover from this devastating loss.

The family of Al and Melissa has stepped up, and have put together a Go Fund Me page to help them recover after a major house fire that destroyed all of their home.

How to Help: Donate funds to the Al and Melissa Cartwright Fire Fund to help the family recover from a devastating house fire.

According to information posted on the family's page, "very few items were saved and anything not in the path of the fire was destroyed by smoke and water damage. Thankfully, the family was not in the home at the time and everyone is safe and sound. Today we bring the news to everyone in a format many are familiar with to not only raise some money for the family but offer any additional support you can."

Already local organizations have donated clothes for their young daughter as well as toys.

The following fire departments responded to assist: City of Oconomowoc, Village of Dousman, Village of North Prairie, Village of Stone Bank, Town of Delafield, Town of Rome, Town of Sullivan, Town of Waukesha, Eagle, Helenville, Lake Country, Okauchee and Wales/Genesee.

The residence was fully engulfed by the time the sheriff's deputies arrived on the scene. The house was unoccupied at the time of the fire and no injuries were sustained as a result of the fire.

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