KATY, Texas — An electrical fire has cost a Katy family their home. Due to an insurance gap, they are financially responsible for replacing everything on their own.
Kaleb Glenn and his family were switching from one insurance company to another when the fire happened. The new insurance hadn’t officially started for their home but it had for their vehicles.
Now the back part of their home has taken on a massive amount of damage from Monday’s fire.
“All of our memories they’re burned and they’re gone,” Kaleb Glenn said.
Glenn will be the first to tell you being at the home is a little more difficult right now.
“The fire was completely all of the top here. It went through all of the rafters,” Glenn said.
He is a tool salesman and softball coach for his daughter’s team.
The family have lived in their Katy home for nearly five years.
Now, he’s walking through its ashes after an electrical fire started in the breezeway that connected the house to the garage, which held dozens of items.
“As you can see here there’s actually a propane tank,” Glenn said.
The fire caused the tank to explode and spread even further.
“It really roared up pretty quickly,” Glenn said.
Everyone home at the time, including Glenn’s wife and the family’s pets, made it out alive. The couple’s two children were not home when everything happened.
The aftermath is difficult for them to grasp.
“It’s pretty devastating to look at it. It’s hard,” Glenn said.
Now the family is figuring out the rebuilding process.
They were in a grace period switching to a new home insurance, meaning they had no coverage.
“This is all going to be coming out of pocket,” Glenn said.
Neighbors and loved ones are rallying to help the family to get the donations and find a bright spot amid the darkness of their holiday reality.
“We’re going to have to completely start over,” Glenn said.
The family said they estimates repairs to be between $150,000-250,000.
The rebuilding process will take months and maybe even a full year.
If you’d like to help the Glenn family financially you can donate to their GoFundMe.
Photojournalist Cesar Nunez contributed to this report.