My mother's house just burned down.

[Pab Sungenis]

I just got woken up by a phone call: my mother's house just burned to the ground.

Almost all of her personal belongings and most likely five dogs were lost in the blaze.

The fire started in the house next door and jumped to hers. The original fire is suspicious; the person living there was a police informant in the local drug trade.

I'm fighting with my husband Bryan, who does not want me to drive up there. She lives 8 hours away, in Olean, NY. I'm not yet sure if she has a place to stay yet, she has not called me back. She was talking with the police last I checked.

I'll post more when I know more, but for now I just needed to get it out in the open.