Help Debbie Ortiz Rebuild After Tragic Fire

This GoFund Me Page was created by the family of Cesar & Debbie Ortiz

On Saturday, December 21, 2024, 4 days before Christmas, in the town of Holly Hill, Florida, a house fire erupted, caused by an explosion, taking the life of Cesar Ortiz [and his brother] and leaving his wife Debbie Ortiz (our aunt) wounded and in the hospital.

Debbie did not just lose her husband in the fire, she lost everything: her entire life. We have created this GoFundMe page to help raise money to start her life over again. To help get her housing, food, clothes, and to also help bury her husband, Cesar. Every little bit will help Debbie get back on her feet and to start the next chapter of her new life. Included below is the news article about the house fire as well as a news video talking about it

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https://www.fox35orlando.com/video/1566106

One killed, two injured in Holly Hill house fire early Saturday

An elderly man died in a house fire in Holly Hill early Saturday and two others were taken to hospitals with injuries Fire Chief James Bland said Sunday.

The fire was reported at 3:06 a.m. at 4 William Drive. When firefighters arrived on the scene they found the house was fully engulfed in flames, he said. Firefighters from Ormond Beach, Daytona Beach and Volusia County Fire Rescue responded.

A neighbor who called to report the fire said that two people had crawled out of the front of the home into the neighbor's yard and that one person was still in the house. Firefighters entered the home and found a man dead about 10 feet from the front door.

A woman was transported to Advent Health Daytona Beach and a man was transported to Halifax Health Medical Center and transferred to Orlando Regional Medical Center for treatment of burns, Bland said.

Authorities believe the deceased man is the husband of the woman taken to Advent Health and that she is the sister-in-law of the man taken to the Orlando hospital.

Fire officials have been to the home on previous calls. The state fire marshal is investigating to determine the cause of the fire and Holly Hill police are investigating the death.