PRIEST RIVER — Ciera Predmore and her fiance were upstairs asleep when they were awoken in the early hours Monday by her mom yelling up the stairs that the wood stove pipe was on fire.

The couple scrambled to act, but it was too late, the fire had spread to the attic and the family of four escaped with what they were wearing, their two dogs and three kittens. However, several other kittens and two bunnies did not survive the fire.

“My fiance and I tried to get water on it but once the flames hit the attic it was too late,” Predmore told the Bonner County Daily Bee. “We had to get out and get out fast cause it was going fast.”

The family lost everything in the fire and are currently staying at the Eagles Nest Motel in Priest River.

“We have nowhere to go,” she said. “No money, no food, no clothes, no cell phone to make calls.”

While the family escaped, all they could do was “stand there and watch everything burn,” Predmore said.

The family is currently staying at the Eagles Nest Motel in Priest River but are going day by day with the room. A GoFundMe account has been created by a friend to help raise the necessary funds to get the family into a new apartment and replace items lost in the fire.

“A Priest River family needs our help,” wrote page organizer Krista Wiebe.

Not only did the family of four barely escape the devastating fire, they lost everything they own from their phones to all their possession, including a tablet which was lifeline for her 7-year-old son who is autistic “and struggles more than most with catastrophe,” Wiebe said.

While the family is staying at the Eagles Nest, it is a temporary situation and is day to day. Since the page was created three days ago, it has raised $1,110 of its $5,000 goal

“Ciera is very grateful to everyone who has helped, donated or sent prayers,” Wiebe wrote in a Friday post. “We have had some really great donations.”

However, they are still seeking help with housing and are still saving donations for first and last month’s recent as well as a deposit.

Information: gofundme.com/f/yxebv-family-lost-all-to-fire