A day after a fatal fire in a Mountain View neighborhood, investigators are sifting through debris for answers.
As they try to find out what caused the fire that left one person dead, residents that lived there are trying to piece their lives back together.
One of the families that escaped with three children is now dealing with the aftermath. One of the apartments included two parents, three kids, and a cousin. The three children are ages four, one, and one month old.
They were rushed out of their apartment to safety so fast that the cousin of the mother, Nasuk Tuzroyluk, suffered a broken leg after not having enough time to grab her crutches. “I was like, ‘Let’s just go!’ I couldn’t even grab my crutches, I couldn’t even — it was just so terrifying,” Tuzroyluk recalled. They were able to grab only a couple of items before leaving, but only necessities.
“The fire was on the third floor and we were on the basement floor, and It was terrifying, you know,” said Donna Driggs, the mom of the three kids.