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EAGLE MOUNTAIN — A younger Eagle Mountain household is grateful to be alive after they misplaced every little thing however one another Sunday. Trying by means of movies of the fireplace afterward, they had been surprised all of them made it.
“It was about 1:30 (a.m.) and Lindsey rolled over, acquired up and mentioned, ‘Fireplace,'” Pete Rakozy mentioned.
It was like a scene straight from a script that his spouse, Lindsey Rakozy, by no means needed to expertise in actual life.
“I simply completed watching ‘That is Us’ and their home fireplace, proper? And so identical to one or two months in the past, I used to be like, ‘Pete, what would we do if there was a home fireplace?'” she mentioned.
A short while later, the home the couple introduced their three infants dwelling to was on fireplace.
“We did not know the way unhealthy the flames had been after we had been in there,” she mentioned.
Her husband grabbed their 2-year-old twins, Nora and Xander.
“(Lindsey) simply went straight for Scarlett, which was good, as a result of exterior of the home, that was essentially the most ablaze,” Pete Rakozy mentioned.
As soon as exterior, the couple was surprised to see how a lot the flames had grown.
“It’d been about seven to 10 minutes of the fireplace burning with the flames being fed by the loopy Eagle Mountain wind,” he mentioned.
Their next-door neighbors’ home had additionally caught on fireplace. Fortunately, everybody close by made it out safely whereas firefighters continued to battle the flames.
“I simply needed to see them and know they had been out,” Lindsey Rakozy mentioned.
“We have now the last word skylight,” Pete Rakozy joked.
The couple laughed about their state of affairs, however in addition they mourned.
“Our wedding ceremony rings are in the home … my wedding ceremony gown was in the home so — yeah, simply gone,” Lindsey Rakozy mentioned. “(The youngsters) say, ‘I need to go dwelling,’ and the way do you inform a 2-year-old you do not have a house? That is been the toughest half.”
The couple mentioned they’ve a video displaying sparks coming from their electrical field.
“One of many issues they noticed was that the facility conduit that went into our electrical field on the surface appeared prefer it had been pulled down an inch,” Pete Rakozy mentioned.
The fireplace division remains to be investigating the trigger. And as for the Rakozys, they plan to rebuild within the neighborhood they love.
“We have now a extremely nice village out right here,” Lindsey Rakozy mentioned. “Our neighborhood has been superb.”
The household mentioned there are two Venmo accounts* the place funds may be despatched to assist the household in its time of want: @Lindsey-Razoky or @scrappydiva.
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