Phyllis Nix said she returned to her Jupiter Farms home after picking up her grandson to find it engulfed in flames Wednesday night.

The house was in flames for 30 minutes -- destroying a lifetime of memories.

A firefighter on the scene told her the house was "gone" and that there was "nothing left" when she got there.

According to Nix, firefighters said the fire started with the electrical wiring in the walls.

"It's been hard knowing that everything in life that you held dear is gone," she said. "My daughter passed away last year and her urn and ashes were inside there."

Nix said fire crews scoured the property and found the urn.

Since the fire, Nix has received an outpouring of support from the community. Her and her three grandchildren are staying at a hotel for now. She said the family has received donations of food and clothing.

"I can only go forward," said Nix. "There's a great network of people who are coming together to help me."

Nix said rebuilding the home could take up to a year and will be costly.

Her boss set up a GoFundMe account for donations.

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Suspects videotaped at the scene of the most recent burglary in Wyckoff.

Wyckoff - In the wake of a fourth home burglary since Oct. 13, Police Chief Benjamin Fox issued an advisory Friday, Oct. 24, urging residents to be "the eyes and ears" of the community to assist law enforcement in preventing crime.

Fox said in a press release that two males in masks concealing their faces were captured on video walking to the front door of a home on Bridle Path at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23, and kicking open the door.

Once inside, Fox reported, the alarm system and siren speakers as well as wiring were torn from the walls. The master bedroom, he said, was ransacked.

The homeowner, who returned two hours later, reported that jewelry had been taken.

Detective Sgt. Michael Musto, Sgt. Jack McEwan and Patrolman Mark Tagliareni investigated.

Three other homes were burglarized between Oct. 13 and Oct. 15.

"We are now approaching the holiday season when homes tend to be unoccupied more often and there are early hours of darkness - both of which lead to increased instances of burglaries," Fox said.

Residents should not feel they are immune because their homes are equipped with alarm systems and cameras.

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THE HOME

A three-bedroom house set back from a main road in Queanbeyan, with a large converted factory out the back.

WHO LIVES HERE

Home sweet home: There is large painting by Queanbeyan artist Claire Primrose behind the sofa. Curtis double-glazed the windows. Photo: Rohan Thomson

Glass artists Matthew Curtis and Harriet Schwarzrock, who run a glass art studio in the backyard, and their two sons, Oscar, 14 and Hugo, 11, two large dogs, a cat and a pet snake.

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WHAT WE DID

We bought the property 11 years ago without seeing the whole thing, the place was far worse than anticipated one of the back rooms looked as though it had been a drug den.

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CTV Winnipeg Published Friday, October 24, 2014 7:15AM CST Last Updated Friday, October 24, 2014 7:16AM CST

If your house is forty to fifty years old, you might want to take a closer look at what's coming out of your electrical panel.

Winnipeg homeowner, Bev Masters, said shes had five fixtures melt on her over the past few years. Simple tasks like flicking a switch or pulling out a plug make her cringe.

Masters believes the problem is the aluminum wiring running through her home, so shes going to pay nearly $15,000 to switch it.

Masterss home is one of thousands in Winnipeg built in the fifties and sixties, when electricians chose aluminum wiring over copper to save money.

Fire investigator Ken Swan said he sees about two to three fires a year that can readily be identified as aluminum wire fires.

Swan said the material of the wire isnt the issue. Unmaintained points of connection and the use of unrated fixtures create what he calls cold flow.

"It tends to pull away from a tightened connection making a very loose, bad connection that is going to inherently arch and spark and create heat," said Swan.

Electrician Chuck Lewis said he's completely rewired four houses this year, some at the request of the insurance provider to eliminate risk.

"If that risk is aluminum wire, they take it away, now they've got a safe investment," said Lewis.

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A Stevensville family has a new home with the help of more than 100 dedicated volunteers, and one busy weekend.

The final bits of construction were being completed Sunday up at the construction site for Habitat for Humanitys Blitz Build, which put up the exterior of a house in just 72 hours.

Crews worked to put the shingles on the roof, while down on the ground the doors and windows were trimmed. On scaffold platforms teams finished installing the soffit material underneath the eaves so that the siding could be put on that afternoon.

Seven lumber mills from across Montana donated all of the wood being used in the house. This is the third time the wood products companies have partnered with Habitat for Humanity on a Blitz Build, having put up homes in Corvallis in 2003 and Missoula in 2000.

The amount of wood products donated included about 7,000 pounds of plywood and what Society of American Foresters Scott Keuhn called truckloads of bunks of 2-by-4s, each with 297 boards, with the donated material coming from as far away as Columbia Falls and Livingston.

Its one of the few houses where you can say every stick is all from Montana, said Mike Kibler, executive director of the Ravalli Habitat for Humanity.

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Although the exterior construction was completed in three days, Habitat volunteer coordinator Erin Clark said the effort had been in the planning process since May. Work on the plumbing, wiring, dry wall and the rest of the work to finish the interior of the house will start as soon as the Blitz Build is done, but will done at a more relaxed pace.

In all, its going to be a 12-week build process, with the goal of having the family moved in by Christmas, Clark said.

Over the course of the three exterior building days, she said the site saw 140 volunteers lend their time to make the project a success. From experienced carpenters ready to jump right in to people who were putting on a hard hat for the first time, she said they found tasks for every skill level.

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STEVENSVILLE Building a home in 72 hours, constructed with lumber donated by Montanas seven mills, the Forests for Humanity Blitz Build kicked off in Stevensville on Friday and launched the third annual Montana Forest Products Week.

The project requires the labor of more than 40 local volunteers each day, with support from the Society of American Foresters, Missoula Federal Credit Union, University of Montanas Carpentry Program, the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Ravalli County Habitat for Humanity and more.

Habitat partner family and future homeowners Lori Call and her daughter Miranda Rivera were at the site Lori pounding nails and Miranda hobbling along in a cast.

The flurry of construction ceased for a brief ceremony at noon.

Gov. Steve Bullock said, The suggestion at times is somehow that the community is actually helping out Lori and Miranda, but in many ways Lori and Miranda are helping out a community.

Its when we all come together be it the seven mills, be it the high school students and Key Clubs, be it the boards, be it everybody who says we can all work together on something thats a little bit bigger than any one of us as individuals. So the gift isnt given to you two, you two are giving this gift to this community and, indeed, the state.

Said Department of Natural Resources and Conservation Director John Tubbs: This week brings a focus to the forest products industry in Montana and how important it is for our communities for having those seven operating mills.

The ceremony also honored Darby Schools Rick Scheele and Victor Schools Lyle Thompson for their wood energy programs and Dirk Kruger of the Montana Logging Association.

Then construction resumed.

Ravalli County Habitat for Humanity executive director Mike Kibler said the Blitz Build was proceeding right on schedule.

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