{"id":423909,"date":"2026-10-10T03:02:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T03:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/423909\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T03:02:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T03:02:45","slug":"a-strong-support-system-community-helps-injured-father-after-port-st-lucie-house-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/423909\/","title":{"rendered":"‘A strong support system’: Community helps injured father after Port St. Lucie house fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A fire that spread through the garage of a Port St. Lucie home Friday afternoon left a father injured and displaced a family, while neighbors and church members rallied to help them begin the cleanup process.<\/p>\n

The fire happened on Carmelite Street in the Northport Village neighborhood near St. Lucie West.<\/p>\n

According to the family, the fire started in the kitchen before spreading through the garage. They say a propane tank later exploded, causing additional damage and impacting a neighbor’s garage doors across the street.<\/p>\n

The St. Lucie County Fire District<\/a> responded to the home around 1:30 p.m. Crews arrived to find heavy fire coming from the garage.<\/p>\n

When firefighters extinguished the flames, significant damage was left behind, including a charred garage door, blackened walls and belongings covered in soot.<\/p>\n

Renter Nigel Laidlow was inside the home when the fire broke out. He suffered burns to his legs and was transported for medical treatment.<\/p>\n

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Port St. Lucie family is beginning the cleanup process after a fire damaged their home. Church members and friends spent the day helping salvage belongings. (WPEC)<\/p>\n

“I don’t even know how to describe it. It was really surreal,” Laidlow said. “I would’ve never thought a little fire would turn into this.”<\/p>\n

By Saturday, family photos, furniture and other belongings were spread across the front yard as loved ones worked to salvage what they could.<\/p>\n

Members of the Fort Pierce Seventh-day Adventist Church spent the day helping move and sort through damaged items.<\/p>\n

“We have a really strong support system, especially from my church,” Laidlow said.<\/p>\n

Despite the loss, Laidlow said he is grateful his family survived.<\/p>\n

“This right here is something not anybody would like to deal with. Not in a lifetime,” he said.<\/p>\n

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The family is now focused on recovering and determining its next steps.<\/p>\n

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A fire that spread through the garage of a Port St. Lucie…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423910,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-423909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423909","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=423909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}