I want us to be ok for Christmas," McGee stated. Detroit's housing team is working with McGee and her family to help them find a new home. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

I was just devastated that my old house was burning,” Briggs said. According to her granddaughter, Sparkle Champagne, an old heater was to blame for the fire that destroyed her grandmother’s home.

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An 11 p.m. phone call from an unknown woman, warning that there would be a midnight fire starting in the cellar of Briggs Hall set the Radcliffe dormitory's occupats on edge late last night.