CEDAR HILLS — A Cedar Hills family is figuring out their next steps after they lost their home in a fire just days after Thanksgiving.

“We’ve just seen more and more the toll that it’s starting to take on the kids of just asking to go home,” Merik Richardson said.

For Merik and his wife, Jessica, that simple question —’Can we go home,’ — has been one of the hardest parts of this week.

On Sunday night, Nov. 30, the couple and their two young kids, ages 4 and 2, were driving back from a family gathering when they got a call from their neighbor — their house was in flames.

(Photo courtesy: Richardson family)

“It’s just the most chaotic, surreal thing to have someone call you,” Jessica said. “You hear about people’s houses catching on fire, but it’s never yours.”

Crews were able to put

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