Neighbours and friends of a Gabriola Island woman are rallying around her after the house she was renting burned down last Friday.
The Community Facebook site says Karen Ross was using candles after the power went out Thursday, December 21st.
Ross escaped the fire with what she was wearing, and her dog -- Eden.
Ross is a 30 year resident of Gabriola Island, and is now staying with friends as she tries to get re-established.
Meantime a neighbour has set up a Go Fund Me campaign for her. So far it's raised just over $4-thousand.