Terryville salon hosts clothing drive for families forced out of homes by fire NBC Connecticut [Video]

The community is stepping up to help a dozen people forced out of their homes after a fire in Terryville.

The fire started this just before 11:30 a.m. Monday at a mixed-use building on Main Street. It houses three apartments and businesses like Terryville Pizza.

No one was hurt, but several pets did not make it out.

With so many reeling, some neighbors are trying to wrap those displaced in a bit of warmth and comfort, figuratively and literally. They are now hosing a clothing drive for the families that have lost everything.

It was a nightmare for one mom of five in her apartment on Monday morning.

Casey Camacho was home with several of her kids and a grandchild when the family smelled smoke, then realized the building had caught fire.  

“I could see the smoke billowing above the back bedroom,” Camacho said. “We all got out of the …