In the wake of last week’s fire, which displaced a Windham family and their seven dogs from their trailer home on Route 302, several community fund-raising efforts have sprung up to help the family.

A bottle drive for the Bailey family is being held at the Southern Maine Redemption Center near Family Fitness Center on Route 302.

Donations are being collected at Corsetti’s Market on Route 202 in Windham and Thayer’s Store on River Road.

And, family friend, Lane Hiltunen, who is also a Windham resident, has proposed a spagetti supper benefit dinner that could possibly take place as soon as next week. More information on the dinner will be forthcoming as soon as a date is set, Hiltunen said on Monday.

An electrical fire destroyed the Bailey family home on Sunday afternoon. Around 5:30 p.m., David Bailey was watching television inside his double-wide trailer at 5 Pete’s Way when a small electrical malfunction sparked a fire in the roof.

Bailey didn’t smell the smoke until his wife Dawn came in from the pool out front and started sniffing around.

She then climbed up a ladder onto the roof to investigate and saw the fire starting to spread.

The couple ushered their seven puppies outside, shut down power to the house and called E-911.

Friends and family gathered round the scene as Windham and Gorham fire departments spent three hours fighting the flames.

From inside the home, firefighters broke through the ceiling to extinguish the fire. Because of a lack of fire hydrants on the private road, tank trucks delivered water to the site.

Windham Fire Chief Charlie Hammond suspects the fire was caused by an air conditioner or other high-power device plugged by extension cord into an outlet.

When heavy appliances overload the circuit and are connected by extension cord, they sometimes spark electrical fires instead of blowing the fuse, he said.

Hammond describes the damage as a “total loss.”

Bailey, his wife Dawn, their son and the puppies are now safe staying at a relative’s home. While devastated by the loss of his home, Bailey is thankful for his family’s safety and his own.

“I’m glad my wife came in because, if not, I don’t think I’d be here,” Bailey said.

The Bailey family plans to rebuild in the same location.

Windham firfighters work to put out any remaining embers at a double-wide trailer that burned Sunday afternoon. A fund has been established to help the victims of the blaze, deemed a total loss by fire officials.