“The disaster is total, there is no more house”: call for donations after the fire at Kelly and Jordan’s house in Gesves

“The disaster is total, there is no more house”: call for donations after the fire at Kelly and Jordan’s house in Gesves
“The disaster is total, there is no more house”: call for donations after the fire at Kelly and Jordan’s house in Gesves

This Gesvois house on rue Sierpont, built by Kelly’s grandfather thirty years ago, is no more. The couple and their little daughter narrowly escaped the disaster. “We were going to sleep when the dog alerted us, barking. We opened the garage door, it was filled with smoke. All we had to do was escape, barely. “ The fire reportedly started from a box of fireworks. To celebrate New Year’s Eve, the young family set off a truly classic pyrotechnic display around 9 p.m. Then, they placed the unlit and cold box in front of the garage, outside. “Surely with the wind, something that didn’t burn out properly got back into the batterysouffle Kelly, and it spread to the garage. Three hours passed between the fireworks and the fire.”

Call for donations

Since this Wednesday, calls for donations have multiplied on social networks, at the initiative of relatives. Not without success. “It’s incredible, yet we didn’t ask for anything and we benefit from enormous solidarity. We are not used to asking for help, but here we have no choice to accept.” The donations mainly concern their young daughter, 19 months old. “She has nothing left, now I have enough to fill a whole wardrobe” explains Kelly, What we really need are clothes for my husband and me.” Message transmitted. The couple, faced with the influx of donations, are considering renting a box to store everything. “And above all to keep everything in order until a future move, at an unknown date. For the moment, we are housed by our families. But within a few months, we should obtain accommodation from the CPAS.”

The challenge of 2025 is now reconstruction. The house, beyond repair, will have to be demolished. Only inert, exploded materials come out of the ground. The rest is reduced to ashes. Fortunately, the couple is in good health. “The insurer has already explained to us how it was going to happen for the reconstruction of the house. But before that, the emergency is the means of transport. On Monday, we must find a way to get to our place of work “. The fire was not limited to the house, the couple’s two cars were lying in the front yard, like mounds of sheet metal.

The year 2025 began in destruction. But it’s not enough to consume Kelly’s optimism. “We can say that this happened in 2024, we only realized it in 2025, smiles the Gesvoise, We will try to keep some memories of this episode, hoping to be able to laugh about it next New Year’s Eve. No fireworks this time!” A necessary optimism, to keep the flame alive.

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