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Firefighters responded to the home on the 300 block of Burlington Avenue at around 4:50 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 14, the Delanco Fire Company said in a Facebook post. Delanco police officers rescued a woman from a porch roof before fire crews arrived.
A GoFundMe page identified the woman as Darlene Rockemore and she was brought to a Philadelphia-area hospital for smoke inhalation.
"Currently, she has been sedated and intubated," wrote Marcus Cauthorne, Rockemore's son and the fundraiser's organizer. "Unfortunately, the fire engulfed the entire home and she has lost everything, including the life of her small dog."
The GoFundMe had raised more than $5,600 from at least 104 donations as of Tuesday, Oct. 15.
Cauthorne also said his mother escaped the burning home from a second-floor window and made it to the porch roof where she was saved.
No one else was injured in the fire and emergency crews stayed at the scene until around 3 p.m. Firefighters and paramedics from at least 20 agencies responded.
The state fire marshal's office was helping Burlington County and Delanco firefighters investigate.
You can click here to see Darlene Rockemore's GoFundMe page.
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