BERWICK — Mayor Tim Burke is setting up a collection to help the victims of a fire that destroyed one house and damaged two more Sunday night.

Toys for Tots will be replacing toys lost in the blaze, he said. Other donations can be dropped off at Eagle Hose Co., 325 S. Mercer St.

But what is needed most, he said, is financial donations. Those who the fire displaced are in hotel rooms and have no place to store donated clothes and other items.

“People are going to donate clothes like crazy, but they can’t buy groceries with clothes, or the other items they need to replace,” he said.

Fire Chief Randy Remphrey said a fire marshal confirmed the cause of the blaze was a fast-moving grease fire that started in the kitchen of 111 E. Sixth St.

Danielle Howie, 41, and her children, Dante, 20, Dominique, 14, Julian, 11, Darien, 5, and Janae, 1, all escaped safely, he said, along with visiting friends.

James Gelderman, who lived in the other half of the double, at 109 E. Sixth St., was not home at the time, Remphrey said.

The building was a complete loss, said Remphrey.

The fire also damaged a neighboring double, where Susan Cragle and her daughter Madison, 12, lived at 113 E. Sixth St., he said. That house is probably repairable, he said.

The other half of that double, 115 E. Sixth St., was not badly damaged, he said. Bill Mensch, who lives there, was not home at the time.

A third house, at 604 Rear Market St., located behind the house where the blaze began, had some water damage and cosmetic damage to the siding and windows, but was otherwise unharmed, Remphrey said.

It was occupied by Diane Yost, 60, Cynthia Maczuga, 57, Diana Maczuga, 35, Tyrone Jones, 8, Cameron Jones, 16, and Lucas Maczuga, 12.

The American Red Cross was working with 18 clients, providing them with toiletries and debit cards for housing, food, clothes and other needs, said Edna Reinard, disaster program specialist.