An Indiana County woman is working to create a nonprofit in memory of her 7-year-old daughter who died in a fire last October.

Kelsie Rowland said the fire broke out at her ex-husband's home on Caroline Street in Indiana County.

"I had two daughters that were in the PICU at Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh. My one survived. Her name is Halee. She's still recovering. She's had a long, long recovery," Rowland said.

Her other daughter, Brenlee, didn't make it.

"Unfortunately, she died of smoke inhalation, causing brain damage that made her brain dead," Rowland said.

Rowland is now turning the pain of losing her daughter into purpose by creating Brenlee's Closet in her memory.

"In honor of her, and because I can't let her die, I want to be able to do more for other people that are strug

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