Wednesday, May 15, 2024 | St. Lawrence County, NY
STOCKHOLM – A GoFundMe account set up to help the lone survivor of a fire Tuesday has surpassed $23,000 toward a goal of $30,000. Carrie Bugbee, a Potsdam McDonald’s worker from West Stockholm …
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STOCKHOLM – A GoFundMe account set up to help the lone survivor of a fire Tuesday has surpassed $23,000 toward a goal of $30,000.
Carrie Bugbee, a Potsdam McDonald’s worker from West Stockholm who has been hospitalized after the blaze that killed her three children and her husband, was taken to Canton-Potsdam Hospital for treatment Tuesday and will face huge expenses as she recovers.
Her friend and co-worker Annette Peacock is appealing to the community through the web page at https://www.gofundme.com/4w2bn5s for money to help Mrs. Bugbee through the devastating tragedy.
“I’m so heartbroken for Carrie that I’m numb inside,” wrote Peacock on the GoFundMe page. “Asking for anything even a just a dollar anything is a help, money will help to help her with funeral services and just a little something to get her on her feet,” she said.
By this morning nearly 500 people had contributed more than $22,000 in one day.
The original fundraising goal was set at $10,000, but that has been revised to $30,000 as donations came in and the gravity of her situation became clear, with the loss of her family, her home, and everything they owned.
At around 3 a.m. Tuesday morning, St. Lawrence County 911 dispatched Brasher-Winthrop, Potsdam, West Stockholm, Norwood and Norfolk fire departments, along with Tri-Town Rescue to the Pickle Street home.
The residence was a trailer with additions attached to it, according to Brasher-Winthrop Fire Department First Assistant Chief Ryan McCuin.
McCuin said the house was on fire on all four sides and is considered a total loss.
Mrs. Bugbee reportedly escaped from a window.
The deceased are William M Bugbee, 55, Allazza L Bugbee, 5, Alicia N. Bugbee, 6, and Shaylee L. Baxter, 14.
“I’m so heartbroken for Carrie that I’m numb inside,” wrote Peacock on the GoFundMe page. “Asking for anything even a just a dollar anything is a help, money will help to help her with funeral services and just a little something to get her on her feet,” she said.
St. Lawrence County and state authorities continue to look for the origin and cause of the fire.
Funeral arrangements with Donaldson-Seymour Funeral Home, Potsdam, are incomplete.
