Community rallies to help family after fire

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer

CASCO — When family cannot physically be there to support loved ones during a rough time, ways to help will rise to the surface.

A fire that left a Naples woman and her three sons without a home last week resulted in a father starting a GoFundMe page for his daughter. In just a few days, both parents have found ways to be helpful and contribute toward fundraising for their daughter’s future. They have done that from 200 miles away in Seabrook, N.H.

Kristin Gilmore of Naples and two of her sons were home on Feb. 2, and just before retiring to bed, a fire started in the house located on Chaplins Mill Road, according to Kristin’s mother Marcia Gilmore.

“I had been on the phone with her. Fifteen minutes later, she called back and said, ‘The house is on fire.’

I said, ‘Hang up and call

9-1-1,” Marcia said.

That emergency call had already been made.

“She stayed on the phone for a while. We could hear the sirens coming. Then, she had to hang up and be with her boys,” she said.

Marcia and Andy are in their 70s, and do not travel very often.

“We love our kids and grandkids. We do a lot of talking on the phone. We give as much support as we can,” Marcia said. “Right now, our job is to run the