NewsUplifting Arizona

Actions

WATCH: Community helps after fire destroys veteran's home on Thanksgiving

Posted
and last updated

QUARTZSITE, AZ — A cooking fire on Thanksgiving Day left a Quartzsite veteran's home destroyed.

Eighty-year-old Dennis Eldracher was cooking up one last turkey for his community's evening feast when his mobile home caught fire.

Within minutes, the place he’d lived for the past 17 years was reduced to ashes.

He lost everything, but his community made sure he didn’t face the uncertainty alone.

Check out the heartwarming act of giving in the video player above.