One family says they are just thankful to be alive after an afternoon house fire Thursday. Fire crews worked hard for hours to put out flames that will leave one family rebuilding their entire lives.
“I was asleep, and then I smelled smoke and I got up and I opened the door, and there were flames everywhere,” homeowner Norma Luna said.
Thursday afternoon, fire crews arrived to Tinsley Road in Gadsden to find a home completely engulfed by fire. “There was no one in the house, and everyone was out safely,” Gadsden Fire Department Assistant Fire Chief Kevin Taylor said.
But Luna says a very important member of her family was no where to be found.
“My poor doggy. They tried to get him out, but they can’t get him out so we don’t know if he’s dead or alive,” Luna said.
After hours of waiting a familiar face emerges, filling the Luna family with overwhelming emotion.