HAYDEN - It's difficult for a family to wake in a hotel room in their own town.

But that's exactly the situation in which Henry Warren, his wife, Elizabeth, and their 6-year-old son, Kaleb, found themselves since a Friday night fire made their home uninhabitable. They weren't injured in the blaze.

Now they are searching for a place to live because Monday night was their last at a hotel paid for by the Red Cross. The Warrens aren't sure what today will bring.

"My boy just wants to come home - he doesn't understand," said Henry Warren, 28.

The fire was trapped in the ceiling and sent thick black smoke pouring through the three-bedroom rental home at 1985 W. Hayden Ave.

They said the fire started in the chimney. They use their fireplace daily because it's their only source of heat.

They began renting and living in the home in October, and Henry and Elizabeth got married in December.

"I love this house," said Elizabeth Warren, 27.

They said the fire started about 10:30 p.m., approximately an hour after the couple piled into bed for the night with their three dogs.

They have three American terriers: Daisy, Compton and Plexus. The dogs all sleep with the couple, and went into a frenzy because of the smoke.

"The fire department said that if (the dogs) didn't wake us up that the chemicals that get put out of this (ceiling) paneling as it burns would have just put us to sleep and we wouldn't have woken up," Henry Warren said. "I woke up to the dogs going crazy and her screaming."

Their food had to be all thrown out because it was damaged by smoke. Their clothes are OK, but smoky.

"We could make everything else work, as long as we have a roof over our head," he said. The difficulty is finding a place that accepts dogs.

Henry Warren can be reached at (208) 964-2989.