{"id":322833,"date":"2026-06-28T22:03:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T22:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/322833\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T22:03:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T22:03:38","slug":"vigil-held-for-6-year-old-girl-and-grandmother-killed-in-north-lauderdale-house-fire-nbc-6-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/322833\/","title":{"rendered":"Vigil held for 6-year-old girl and grandmother killed in North Lauderdale house fire \u2013 NBC 6 South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

A week after a house fire in North Lauderdale<\/a> killed a 6-year-old girl and her grandmother, a vigil honoring their lives was held on Sunday.<\/p>\n

According to North Lauderdale Fire Rescue, the fire happened on June 20 in the 8000 block of Southwest Eighth Court.<\/p>\n

Neighbors had rushed to help as flames consumed the house, which had eight people inside.<\/p>\n

Neissa Dilligence was pulled out of the home, but her grandmother did not survive.<\/p>\n

The 6-year-old was then placed on a ventilator.<\/p>\n

NBC6 spoke with her family a day after the fire, who were holding onto hope<\/a> as Nessia was fighting for her life in the hospital.<\/p>\n

“We\u2019re just hoping and praying to God that things will change,” said Lloyd Smith, her uncle. “She\u2019s in critical condition.”<\/p>\n

But that hope turned to heartbreak two days later, when the family said she died.<\/p>\n

Flowers, candles, and balloons now marked the place where a family’s life changed forever.<\/p>\n

Loved ones on Sunday were preparing to gather for the vigil to remember Neissa and her grandmother.<\/p>\n

Those who knew Neissa said her smile was unforgettable.<\/p>\n

“She is sunshine,” said Basil Pierre, her godfather. “She\u2019s the light in the room. You can be in any kind of mood, and she will cheer you up.”<\/p>\n

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A week after a house fire in North Lauderdale killed a 6-year-old girl and her grandmother, a vigil…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":322834,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250,19924],"class_list":["post-322833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news","tag-north-lauderdale"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}