Alexis Costa Gossard launched the campaign for her mom, Debbie Costa, who retired last year as a teacher at the Westmoreland School in Fair Lawn.
The Jan. 18 fire began in the basement of Costa's Cedar Court home and blew through the roof around 10:30 p.m., responders said.
Costa, a grandmother, was not home during the fire, but she lost all of her belongings, the GoFundMe says.
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