A duplex located on Cunningham Avenue was destroyed in a cooking fire Monday afternoon.
Cadiz firefighters say the fire started with unattended cooking and quickly spread throughout the structure located at 94 Cunningham Avenue.
Firefighters were called just after 2 p.m. and found the structure engulfed.
Everyone was able to get out uninjured. Firefighters say both families will be displaced due to the damage.
Cadiz Fire Department was assisted by, Montgomery Fire Department, Trigg County EMS, Cadiz Police Department, Trigg County Rescue, and Trigg County Emergency management.
The families were assisted by the American Red Cross.
Today my cousin Stephanie’s duplex caught fire & her and her two children lost all of their belongings. While losing…
Not if it s spent without their mom.
They told their aunt, Kawonna Abner, who is raising them, to use money for presents toward hiring a detective to help find their mother.
This will mark the third Christmas that Calloway s children have spent without her. They ve grown and progressed in school. A lot of time has gone by.
Calloway hasn t been seen or heard from since June 2018, although police wouldn t allow Abner to file a missing person s report until August 2019, Abner said. In the past few weeks, the investigation into Calloway s disappearance has ramped up, but the years-long delay and lack of interest in finding her sister is unforgivable, she says.
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A Montgomery woman has taken in her missing sister’s eight children and the youngest child of another sister battling drug addiction. Kawonna Abner now has nine nieces and nephews in her custody.
On Tuesday, December 21, the Montgomery Fire Department decided to pitch in a help her out this holiday season. Firefighters delivered gifts to the nine kids and set up a Christmas tree in the front yard and put the gifts around the tree. Gifts ranged from bikes, power wheels, to an arcade style video game.
Abner says this means so much to not just her but the kids. Because it shows that they not only have her support but the support of other people as well.