Community rallies behind local family that lost everything in house fire

"It was a miracle, that's for sure," says homeowner Taylor Littleton.

As she stands outside her house, which is now a pile of rubble and ash, Taylor counts her blessings.

Monday morning, she  woke up to her house on fire.

She exclaims, "I looked at my back window by my bed and I'm like my house is on fire!"

At around 4 a.m., the Laurel Fire Department along with other local fire companies received the emergency call about a house fire on Woodland Ferry Road in Seaford.

By the time firefighters arrived, Littleton's two story house was completely engulfed in flames, taking more than an hour to get under control.

What's remarkable is that that call to 911 came from Taylor's 9-year-old son, Kenyen.

He says, "I smelled smoke and I went to the door and a crawled a little bit and I did this with my shirt [pulling up his sleeve over his hand] and touched the door handle to make sure it wasn't hot. It was fine and I opened it and then I went outside and screamed for my mom!"

He then raced over to his neighbors house and they called 911.

Kenyen's mom says she's just thankful he knew what to do, thanks to fire prevention week, and was able to get out first and that she woke up when she did.

It was just enough time to grab her 4-year-old daughter who was still asleep.

"If I had probably five more minutes of sleep I probably wouldn't have made it out," explains Taylor.

Although Taylor and her two kids lost everything in the fire, even her car, she tells 47 ABC things could be much worse.

"I don't want anyone to feel sorry for me, you know, because things could have been a lot worse and there's families worse off than we can ever imagine. This is just a tadpol, you know, this is just a little thing."

Even though it happened less than 24 hours ago, the community has already come together to help out.

Pizza King is already stepping up and asking for people to donate clothes to any one of their locations.

Taylor couldn't be more thankful for the support saying, "It's just a very humbling moment."

She admits there are tough times still ahead but she's optimistic and confident that with the community's help her family will be okay.

If you are interested in donating any items to the Littleton family, here is a list of their sizes:

Kenyen wears size 5 shoes, medium/large shirts and 8/10 pants. Her daughter, Makayla, wears 10/11 shoes, small girl's (not toddler's shirts) and size 6 pants. Taylor wears large shirts, size 12 jeans, 10/11 leggings and size 8 shoes.

These items can be dropped off at any Pizza King location.