GoFundMe set up for family of eleven left homeless after Smithfield house fire destroys everything

A family of 11 has been left with only the pyjamas they were wearing when a fire broke out while they were sleeping and destroyed their home.

Warren Wilson, his wife Amelia, and nine children aged from 4 to 21, awoke on Monday morning to absolute chaos at their property, located in the western Sydney suburb of Smithfield.  

Mr Wilson, who is the sole income earner for the family and works night shift, said he had just returned home when he heard his daughter yelling ‘fire! fire!’ at about 6.40am. 

‘I had made my way to bed after night shift and my wife was ironing the kids clothes to get them ready for school,’ he said.

‘Then I heard my daughter scream “fire! fire!” and as I went to check on her I saw her electric heater up in flames.’