"Five, ten minutes, my whole house was gone. Everything I worked so hard for."
Author: Aaron Kurtz
Updated: 3:50 PM MST January 13, 2021
PHOENIX — On Dec. 24, Christmas Eve morning, a candle in a bedroom sparked and caused a massive blaze at a home on 15th Avenue and Sonora Street in south Phoenix.
Teresa Menjivar, her husband Tobias and 26-year-old daughter Denise, who has Down Syndrome, narrowly escaped the fire. They lost everything they own, including their car.
"Five, ten minutes, my whole house was gone. Everything I worked so hard for," Teresa said. Her daughter Denise lost her Bipap machine, which helps her to breathe at night, in the fire as well.