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Family of four loses everything in blaze No tenants’ insurance to cover burned belongings Vikki HOPES Abbotsford News
It was the searing heat that awoke Charlie Paul-Ranger, and then the flames bolted him out of bed. Charlie had been asleep in the master bedroom of the McKenzie Road home at about 10 p.m. on Saturday while his wife, Joanne, was attending the Crystal Gala breast cancer
fundraiser in Abbotsford. His two stepsons Tyler, 23, and Adam, 28, were in their rooms. Charlie quickly tried to put out the fire, but it was already too far out of control and was creeping up the wall. He flew from the room and screamed “Fire!� to his stepsons. The acrid smoke was beginning to fill the home, and the young men didn’t have
enough time to grab even their shoes. The three men escaped safely, along with their dog and three cats. Joanne arrived home to see multiple fire trucks on the scene, as well as paramedics and police officers. Crews had arrived to find heavy smoke and flames coming from what appeared to be the garage of the home. Continued on A5
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Adam Paul (left) and his brother Tyler stand outside the portion of their home on McKenzie Road where a fire began on Saturday night, destroying their parents’ master bedroom and causing heavy smoke damage to the rest of the house. VIKKI HOPES Abbotsford News
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