FRANKLIN, Texas (KRHD) — A Franklin family is trying to rebuild after losing everything in a fire that destroyed their home last month.

Watch the full story here: 'It's just heartbreaking': Franklin family picking up the pieces after house fire

Cara Brewer says she and her daughter had just left for the grocery store when they got the call that would change their lives forever.

Ezekiel Ramirez

"We weren't gone 20 minutes, got a phone call. Our house was on fire and we came back and within minutes it was, it was gone," Brewer said.

"Within minutes it was engulfed and gone," she said.

Ezekiel Ramirez

The flames took a lifetime of memories — baby pictures, her mother's ashes, even their family pets.

"I tried to go to a window to get one of our dogs. The window exploded, and then I

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