St. Paul apartment demolished after fire

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AI GeneratedA family in St. Paul's McGroveland neighborhood is grappling with the loss of their home and belongings after a fire led to the demolition of the Randolph Terrace apartments. While neighbors have returned to their homes, the displaced family is now searching for a new place to live and relying on community support through GoFundMe campaigns.
Well, it's been more than 48 hours since a fire led to the demolition
of an apartment building in St. Paul's McGroveland neighborhood.
For the people who live there, the harsh reality of seeing
their whole world go up in smoke is now beginning to sink in.
Maury Glover caught up with one family about what comes next.
There's my gloves.
And that origami paper, my gosh,
our sky lantern we never got to launch.
It's hard to imagine
the knickknack cabinet losing almost all your belongings.
There's the galaxy light in the blink of an eye.
The records, see them?
I do.
Is that our table, too?
That is our table.
My grandma's table.
Even though they're only a few feet away...
It was still our home.
Yeah, it was our home.
...they are just out of reach.
Yeah, it's crazy.
For Dan Chula and his family,
their home for the last six years
has been reduced to a pile of rubble.
Yeah, I was hoping to find my wife's wedding ring.
I was hoping it would just be on the...
On the ground somewhere kind of sparkling in the sun
or on top of a pipe but uh no such luck
unfortunately. And since the Monday morning fire
at the Randolph Terrace apartments caused the roof
to collapse and the building
to be demolished investigators say they may never be able to
pinpoint the exact cause even
though Chula believes he knows how it started. I saw the
origin point of the fire
or at least one of the origin points it was in a closet.
Around the light fixture and none of the smoke
and none of the fire was in the apartment.
It was all just up in the attic.
The people who were evacuated from the buildings
on both sides of the fire are now back in their homes.
But Chula, his wife and his 15-month-old
daughter will have to find a new one.
We'll probably try to...
Get into a house here, save some money, stay in with the parents.
Because even after losing almost everything,
they still have what they need.
I'm so happy we have each other.
A number of GoFundMe campaigns have been set up to help residents
who are displaced by the Randolph Terrace Apartments fire.
If you'd like to help them, we'll add a link to our story at fox9.com.
In St. Paul, Maury Glover, Fox 9.
