PLEASANTVILLE, N.J. (WPVI) -- A Pleasantville, New Jersey, family is reeling after two devastating tragedies struck within hours of each other: a house fire that destroyed their home, and later that same day, a hit-and-run that left a father critically injured.

Veronica Sanchez said her family was asleep early Tuesday morning when a loud noise woke them up.

"We were inside, we were all sleeping. We all heard a loud bang and got everyone up," Sanchez said.

Flames tore through their home on Wesley Avenue around 5:45 a.m., where Sanchez lived with her husband, their two young children, and six other relatives.

"If that noise didn't happen to wake us up, I wonder where we'd be," she said.

All ten people inside made it out safely, but the family lost everything.

That evening, while gathe

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