CHATTOOGA COUNTY, Ga. — A Georgia family of 12 adopted foster kids survived a house fire over the weekend thanks to someone driving by.
James and Larita Burke and their 12 children were asleep in their Chattooga County home on Saturday night when the roof caught fire.
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According to friends and family, someone passing by saw the flames and woke the family up.
All 14 family members got out of the house safely, but lost everything, including their vehicles.
The home was burned to the ground.
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They say his happened two weeks after James Burke finished chemotherapy and radiation for tonsil cancer.
Friends and family have started a GoFundMe campaign to help raise money to find the family temporary housing and replacing their immediate essentials.
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