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Kris Gourlay

Edinburgh woman tells of family's miracle escape from Ukraine after Christmas Day disaster

An Edinburgh woman has told how her relatives in Ukraine escaped unscathed after their home was burnt down following an electrical fire on Christmas Day.

Monika Kulaga is hoping to help her sister in-law's family out and recoup some of their losses after the devastating fire, with the family-of-six now left homeless due to the extent of the damage.

While at church on December 25, a freak electrical fault resulted in Yurii and Tetiana's home going up in flames, leaving them and their four kids, Diana, Vadym, Semen and Vira with nothing other than the clothes on their back.

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