A blaze displaced a N.H. household simply earlier than a little bit woman’s birthday. So the hearth dept. hosted her occasion.

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After a devastating home hearth, firefighters in Laconia rescued 9-year-old Ava Johnson’s birthday cake and supplied the household a spot to rejoice.

Firefighters in Laconia, New Hampshire rescued a little bit woman’s birthday celebration after a devastating hearth tore via her household’s house early Wednesday morning. 

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When Ava Johnson and her household made it out of the home safely, there was just one query on the 9-year-old’s thoughts, native information station WMUR reported.

“We weren’t even throughout the road but to get away from the burning constructing and he or she’s asking, ‘What about my occasion?’” dad Cory Johnson advised the information outlet. 

So after pulling down the flames that closely broken the Johnsons’ house, the Laconia Hearth Division stepped as much as save her occasion, based on WMUR.

“The fantastic of us on the Laconia Hearth Division hosted her occasion!” Karen Lee Banks, who recognized herself as Ava’s grandmother, wrote on Fb. “In addition they saved her cake that she made herself the day earlier than, and had fortuitously put within the fridge.”

Talking to WMUR, Cory Johnson added: “This group is so blessed to have a crew like we have now right here in Laconia, simply a lot compassion.”

A GoFundMe to assist the household of seven change their belongings had raised practically $5,000 as of Friday afternoon. 

Fundraiser organizer Diane Demakis wrote that the house served as each a classroom for the Johnsons’ 5 youngsters and an workplace for Cory Johnson’s landscaping firm. 

“I can’t think about the prices related to changing EVERYTHING,” Demakis wrote. “However right here they’re and seeing how they wouldn’t ask for a nickel…. I’m asking for anybody that has the flexibility to contribute to the Johnson Household to please think about doing so!”