Community members rally after family loses home to fire
NOBLEFORD – Community members are coming together to support the Den Boon family, who are struggling after losing their home and most of their possessions to a fire Thursday (Dec. 8).
Fire crews were called to the rural property near Nobleford in the afternoon, and while everyone escaped safely, the home was completely lost to the flames.
Andrea Den Boon-Fieret is helping to organize support efforts for her brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Rob and Erna, along with their four children. She noted that while they are overwhelmed by the loss, they continue to impress her.
“They’re keeping really strong actually, for what just happened to them,” Den Boon-Fieret explained while talking to Lethbridge News Now. “The kids don’t really have a clue what’s going on, I don’t think at this point it’s really hit them yet.”