TBS Today, Feb. 7
Eighty-four-year-old Lovie McNeal woke up early Monday morning to find her bedroom on fire.
"She got through the burning flames," her granddaughter told us. "She busted into my aunt and uncle's room, where she collapsed. She literally saved them."
Lovie is now in a burn unit with critical injuries and one of daughters died after the fire, as did the family dog.
The family is asking for support via GoFundMe.
Don't miss today's moving story from TBS contributor Frances Dinkelspiel.
How a Berkeley grandma, 84, saved family members amid fire
She pushed through burning flames to rouse her daughter and son-in-law. BFD rescued another daughter, who was bedridden, but she later died.
Frances Dinkelspiel
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