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Rhoney said everything was lost in the blaze including household items, school supplies and clothing. She and her family are now staying at a hotel.

Rhoney posted an update for her concerned colleagues in a private Facebook group and Joy Ingram, an emergency medical technician, stepped in.

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PHOTO: Amanda Rhoney, a nursing assistant in Wesley Long Hospital's emergency department in North Carolina, was working Jan. 24 when she got word that her house was on fire.
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Ingram, who's worked with Rhoney for roughly a decade, told \"GMA\" that she was on the same shift with Rhoney when the call came in about the house fire.

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PHOTO: Amanda Rhoney, a nursing assistant at Wesley Long Hospital's in Greensboro, North Carolina, learned Jan. 24 that her house was on fire. Pictured here is Rhoney, her husband Michael Rhoney and their children, Gentry, 10 and Mychal, 6.
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\"In the middle of a pandemic this girl has been working so hard and she actually had COVID and recovered from that. ... Then [to] have her house completely destroyed, my heart went out,\" Ingram said. \"Everybody's hearts went out.\"

Ingram started collecting donations via GoFundMe, and also asked for people to drop clothing or household items at the hospital's emergency department.

\"They're starting from scratch,\" Ingram said. \"Amanda will give you the shirt off of her back. She will do anything for you within her means and if she can't do it, she will find someone that can. She herself has a giving heart and as a coworker she's just phenomenal.\"

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PHOTO: Amanda Rhoney, a nursing assistant and secretary in Wesley Long Hospital's emergency department in Greensboro, North Carolina, was working the evening of Jan. 24, 2021 when she learned her home caught fire.
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Rhoney said the generosity from her hospital family and the community has been positively overwhelming.

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PHOTO: Amanda Rhoney is a nursing assistant and secretary in Wesley Long Hospital's emergency department in Greensboro, North Carolina. Pictured here are Rhoney's children, Gentry, 10 and Mychal, 6.
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\"It's definitely made it a whole lot easier to process,\" she added. \"Just a huge thank you to everyone who donated and who called to check on us.\"

The Rhoneys also expect to receive help from Off-Road Outreach -- an organization created to assist displaced veterans like Michael Rhoney and his family.

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