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GoFundMe Raises $80K For Victims Of Devastating House Fire In Toronto Last Week

"I am speechless and my heart expands in such gratitude for each and every one of you."
Toronto GoFundMe Raises $80K For Victims Of The Devastating Fire Last Week
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Following a tragic house fire in Toronto's east end on Friday,  a GoFundMe has been set up for Arija Jansons, who was seriously injured and is now recovering in the ICU. Jansons' son Kai Jansons, and her mother Jana Jansons died in the fire.

At the time of publication, the GoFundMe, started by Jansons' cousin Sandra Memenis, has raised nearly $81,000 of its $90,000 goal.

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The expanding ripples of kindness, compassion, and generosity shown by this community have simply been astounding. Sandra Memenis

"In a fire, you lose everything - after losing a child, material possessions seem so small and insignificant but she’s going to need to start from scratch and if [you] can help her lift a fragment of that insurmountable burden, please do what you can," wrote Memenis.

The fire, which broke out at approximately 4:30 a.m. at 95  Gainsborough Rd. on January 29, left four individuals dead — Jana Jansons, Kai Jansons, Matthew Zdybal, and Amanda Freimanis.

Freimanis was a tenant of the home and was passionate about mixing music, her loved ones told CP24.

A Facebook page has been started in memory of Zdybal, where his friends and family can share words, memories, and photos. 

"I am sounding the horn and rallying the masses because we each can do something to help lift one pebble from this mountain of grief," Memenis wrote.

"And if more and more of us proceed to lift a single pebble, that mountain though still present will become a little lighter for those forced to shoulder it."

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  • Abby Neufeld
    Abby Neufeld was a writer at Narcity Canada. She received her Bachelor of Arts in English and Professional Communications at the University of Victoria. Her past work has been published in The Toronto Star, Bitch Media, Canadian Dimension, This Magazine, and more. In 2019, Abby co-founded The New Twenties, an environmentally-focused literary and arts magazine.

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