Published June 10. 2022 02:45PM
Donations from local business owners and companies are sought for a family of five left homeless by a fire last month in Lehigh Township.
A spaghetti dinner/raffle will be held for Derek and Morgan Frable and their three children from 5:30-7:30 p.m. June 22 at the Blue Mountain Pub in Palmerton.
Donations sought are merchandise or gift cards/gift certificates, as well as baskets for the dinner/raffle. The deadline for donations is June 20.
Anyone who would like to make a donation may contact Christine Coulson at 484-560-6486, Tracy Yoder-Miller at 610-826-5554, or Raquel Serfass-Lutton at 610-656-9638.
A GoFundMe was set up for the Frables, along with their three children, Alyiah, Cecelia and Mikey.
No one was injured after the home was decimated by a fire that broke out at the home at 1323 Deer Path Drive, Walnutport/Lehigh Township on May 26. Two dogs died in the fire.
Firefighters were dispatched at 1:01 p.m. to the home, said Lehigh Township Fire Commissioner Rick Hildebrand.
Hildebrand said that by the time the first apparatus arrived, there was fire through the roof.
He said no one was at home at the time of the incident, and there were no injuries.
Hildebrand said the fire was under control within about 20 minutes.
He said firefighters remained on scene for about 2½ hours.
Hildebrand said the cause of the fire is unknown, but the fire marshal’s office is investigating.
The family was helped by the Red Cross, which provided a hotel for them to stay at.
Coulson, of Lehighton, started the GoFundMe, which had raised $1,910 of the $10,000 goal as of Thursday afternoon.
Neighboring fire departments from several counties responded to the scene.