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Shane and Fallyn's Disaster Relief

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Hi. My name is Danielle.  My cousin Fallyn and her boyfriend, Staff Sargeant Shane Mininger, along with Shane's 4 year old son, and Fallyn and Shane's unborn son live in Paradise, CA. On Thursday, they were force evacuated because of the fire burning through Butte County, and discovered today that their house has burned down, and they have lost everything.  
Myself and Fallyn's family wanted to create this page to ask for help to get their sweet family back on their feet.  
I've spoken to many people who want to help however they can with disaster relief for victims all over California, and here is one very specific family that truly needs our help.  Any little bit helps.

Below is Shane's telling of what they went through to get out in time:

So yesterday was absolutely insain and I'm so thankful to be here today. It started by waking up in the morning and going outside and seeing the smoke blocking out the sun and hearing the wind. There was no evacuation order, no information, nothing at all. I called SFC Dempsey at the armory trying to get some information. Fallyn and I packed our bags with whatever we could in a matter of minutes, after hearing explosions next to our house, we ran to the car and started our journey to get out around 8:45am. The end of our road was on fire (which immedietly made the situation real), we turned on Pentz Rd headed east to hit Skyway and get out, but traffic was gridlocked. By the time we hit Skyway the fire had circled around us, and the Emergency service crew near us had us abandon our vehicles and gather in an empty parking lot where a hand full of Cal Fire, Paradise PD, and Butte County Sheriff's had made a parimiter around us and the 100+ refugees. At this point all cell service had dropped so there was no communication with anybody down the hill. After they made they announcement that there is no where to go, Cal Fire attempted to direct helicopters to drop water around our area when they could find us. As propane tanks were exploding in the areas around us, the fire dynamics escalated and the Emergency service crew broke into some empty buildings in the parking lot and we moved everyone inside to avoid the falling burning ambers while Cal fire kept putting out spot fires around us while we waited for the fire to burn through our area. After about 6 hours the fire department had managed to get some water tenders up by us, but all the roads out were still on fire and blocked by abandoned cars and downed burning power lines. By about 4:30pm they had managed to clear Clark road enough to start leading us down the hill and out of paradise. On the way out I had a power line fall in front of my car (thank God I heard it before it smashed me and my car). We finally made it out around 6:30pm and made it safely to Chico. Currently, I am staying in Weaverville with Fallyns parents, the house is surely burned up. But I am so grateful to be here with Fallyn. Thank you emergency service crews, Cal fire, Butte County Sheriff's deputies, and Paradise PD officers that kept everyone calm and kept us safe and getting us out of Paradise.
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Donations 

  • Direct Impact Fund
    • $500
    • 6 yrs
  • Julie Stout
    • $50
    • 6 yrs
  • Uncle Rod, Aunt Becky, & Bryce Mininger
    • $100
    • 6 yrs
  • Jennifer Plotzke
    • $300
    • 6 yrs
  • Keith Butler
    • $20
    • 6 yrs
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Organizer and beneficiary

Danielle McCleerey
Organizer
Los Angeles, CA
Laura Gocha Sanders
Beneficiary

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