For Brandon Grady-Johnson, it still doesn't feel real. On Friday night, Grady-Johnson and his family were forced out of their Beloit apartment after a fire overran the building.
"It feels like we can just go inside the house, but we can't. We're starting from scratch. It really hurts,” he said.
Grady-Johnson's first instinct was to protect his family. He has a daughter, 7, and a son, who is 3 months.
"First thing on my mind was to get my kids, my family," he said.
It took firefighters from more than a dozen units spanning across Wisconsin and Illinois to control the fire. Because of the structure of the apartment's roof, fire officials say it was more difficult to contain. Now, fire fighters are trying to determine the cause of the flames.Twitter Ads info and privacy
"We're trying to put all the pieces to the puzzle together right now, talking to people that live there, what they did last, and just trying to put those pieces back together," said City of Beloit Deputy Fire Chief Jason Griffin.