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I START CHOKING AND WE WERE LIKE, WE GOT TO GET THE BABY AND GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE. LIKE A WELL-KNOWN SINGER FROM NEW ORLEANS AND FORMER NBC THE VOICE CONTESTANT, LOSE IT, LOSES IT ALL IN A HOUSE FIRE. NOW, THE WOMAN WHOSE GIVEN RELENTLESSLY TO HER COMMUNITY HAS FOUND HERSELF ON THE RECEIVING END. WDSU REPORTER SHAY O’CONNOR SHOWS YOU HOW THE SINGER IS CLINGING TO HER FAITH DESPITE WHAT WAS LOST IN THE FIRE. IT’S A STORY YOU’LL SEE ONLY ON SIX. I SEE YOUR GLORY WITH MY EYES CLOSED. I FEEL YOUR PRAYERS. ISN’T KASHMIR BURNS, CARTER STILL FINDING A REASON TO BE THANKFUL DESPITE SIGNIFICANT LOSS, THE NEW ORLEANS NATIVE SAYS SHE, HER HUSBAND AND ONE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER HAD JUST MADE IT BACK IN TOWN FROM A FAMILY VACATION THIS PAST WEEKEND TO THEIR HOME THAT SITS HERE IN A HISTORIC PART OF ALGIERS. HOURS LATER, SHE SMELLED THE FIRE, ALERTING HER HUSBAND. AND SO HE WALKED IN THE HALLWAY AND THEN OPENED UP OUR SON’S ROOM. YOU KNOW, HE SAW SMOKE. HE IMMEDIATELY, YOU KNOW, TRIED TO SEE WHAT HE COULD DO. AND I TRIED TO HELP HIM. AND IT GOT BAD. THIS IS WHERE IT STARTED. AND IT HAPPENED SO FAST. YOU SO COVER ME, ME WITH YOUR GLORY. KASHMIR SAYS SHE IMMEDIATELY GRABBED HER ONE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND CALLED 911. THE HOME BADLY DAMAGED AND COMPLETELY UNLIVABLE. SHE’S JUST THANKFUL FOR NO LIFE LOST. WE WERE EXHAUSTED. SO HAD WE JUST WENT STRAIGHT TO SLEEP, WE WOULD HAVE MISSED IT. WE WOULDN’T. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WE MAY NOT BE HERE. GOD’S HANDS WAS DEFINITELY IN THE MIDST OF THIS PROTECTING US AND FOR HELP FROM COMMUNITY. THIS WOMAN BRINGING THE FAMILY MEAL PREPS FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK. AN ORGANIZATION KASHMIR. ALSO HELPS IN HER SPARE TIME, HAS ALSO STARTED A FUNDRAISER FOR THE FAMILY. IT REALLY WARMS MY HEART BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I’M STILL KIND OF LIKE IT’S LIKE SURREAL. LIKE I’M LIKE, I REALLY DON’T HAVE A HOME RIGHT NOW. WE CAN’T LIVE THERE. IT’S A LOT GOING ON. SO ANY HELP HAS BEEN A BLESSING. BROKEN. THE SINGER IS ALSO URGING YOU TO REMEMBER TO CHECK THE BATTERIES IN YOUR SMOKE DETECTOR