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Community holds fundraiser for Riverdale family impacted by deadly house fire

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On Saturday, dozens of community members flooded one Riverdale church to support the Bird family. In the crowd, you could find family friend Brooke Edwards. KSTU "My husband and I woke up to the sirens, so we actually ran down and were there while it was happening," she said, "It's just hard to imagine.

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