"Al Palmateer came to my door and was screaming 'get your kids out of the house Stephanie, there is a fire'. He died for us," said Foley.
"I got my side of the house out in time but their side they lost their animals and she (Valerie) lost her husband. I was going to bed; I ran downstairs to get my kids and it was full of smoke."
"We all tried to get out and get the dog across over to me and Al kicked the front door in and was running up and down the street crying for help, nobody would help us," she added.
After getting everyone out from the burning house, Palmateer ran through the neigbourhood with nothing on his feet, trying to get someone's attention, but in vain. Shortly there after was when he fell to the ground with massive chest pains. He died at the hospital from a heart attack. He was 47 years old.
"He collapsed on the ground and the paramedics said that there was nothing wrong with him. I turned around and he went to the hospital and had a massive heart attack," Foley said with tears rolling down her cheeks.
For Foley and her family, Palmateer will forever be a hero.
Al Palmateer and his wife Valerie had been married for 25 years.
The fire has taken an enormous emotional toll on Foley's four children, who range in age between six to 16.
"My kids are having nightmares. I can't sleep. I smell smoke and I hear fire trucks. I lost everything," said Foley.
She is not too sure how she ever will get her life back together.
"I just don't want this never to happened to me again, or anybody. I have lost all my kids pictures I have lost everything. There is nothing left."
Her emotions are still on a roller-coaster ride when she looks at what is left of her old home. All she wants to do is go home.
"I can feel my sister's anger and pain, she lost a lot. Now she has no place to stay except for friends," said Foley's brother Steve Knuneburg.
Millie Ford who lives just across the street didn't see too much of the fire.
"We didn't know exactly what was going on, but by the time the fire engine had got here, it was very intense. It is really too bad. We all feel for them."
Fire Chief Mike Conger got the call at 1:02am
"It took us a little over seven minutes to get to the scene," said Conger.
When the fire fighter got there the fire was contained to the west side of the house.
"It eventually expanded on through the attic in to the east side."
Foley said she was concerned about the electric baseboard in the house. She was told that they would be checked every month, and she is also convinced that, that is where the fire started. Over the months she has seen electric sparks and flames going up the wall where the baseboard sits.
Property manager Pete Laducere had known Palmateer for close 35 years.
"I got the call early, about what was happening. Al got everybody out and in the process; the dog was still on the site. He tried to get the dog out and got smoke inhalation in the process. He went back across the road and started to have pains. They took him to the hospital, and he died at the hospital from a massive heart attack. I miss him. We are trying our best; we are trying to get a benefit dance together. We are trying to salvage what we can for both parties.
If anyone would like to donate money to the families that lost their homes they can contact Pete Laducere at 613-396-1019 or 613-848-5965.
The cause of the accident was not known at press time.