A devastated family watched their house go up in flames within a matter of minutes after narrowly escaping the blaze in their pyjamas.
Christine Baarman, 38, and her two children Tyreece, 12, and Kacey, 19, lost all their belongings in the sudden inferno and have been left homeless.
At 6.20am on Monday, neighbour Lesley Blair heard voices shouting: "Fire, fire" and looked out of the window to see plumes of smoke billowing from the family's roof.
Within moments the whole house was alight and Leslie was unsure if her neighbours had made it out alive, she told EdinburghLive.
The fire spread with such little warning that teenager Kacey didn't even have time to put shoes on before running outside.
The family were left without a roof over their head for 10 hours and has since been moved into temporary accommodation more than 12 miles away from the remnants of their old home.
Lesley, from the same area in West Lothian, Scotland, said: "It was 6:20am in the morning and I heard my neighbours shouting outside 'fire, fire'.
"I just opened my door, and I can see Christine's house, I looked and there was smoke coming from the roof and the next thing the whole house went up in flames.
"It all happened within minutes, we felt so useless and, at that point, we didn't know if Christine and the kids had got out, so those few minutes were just terrifying.
"It was just so quick but the whole block is in disrepair."
More than £800 has already been raised for the family-of-three and a local storage service has offered them a free unit to store any donations.
Lesley added: "The family is in shock but overwhelmed by the kindness shown by everybody.
"Unfortunately, where they are living at the moment, they are twelve miles away from us but they just can't believe what's happened, losing everything within the space of a few minutes.
"It's just been heartbreaking for them, it really has."
"We want to help them so they don't have any worries, when they are rehoused they're going to have to start from scratch.
"We want the funds there so that they can go and get their carpets, blinds and make it a home for them because they really deserve it.
"Kacey didn't even have shoes on when she got out the house, Christine had her pyjamas on and the wee boy was the same. So, there's also been donations of clothes and toiletries from people who haven't got much themselves.
Christine is said to have been "absolutely overwhelmed and is truly grateful" for the fundraiser and the community support, with one neighbour taking her in after the fire.
