Family members and friends welled up with tears as they gathered outside a home in the 500 block of Spruce Street in Reading.
They were there to remember Pedro Morales, 86, and Miriam Vega, 87, a couple tragically killed during a fast moving fire on Sunday night.
"It is still so unreal. It is just really hard to just accept, especially this time of year," said Yomara Rodriguez, a family friend.
The blaze ripped through their home around 8:30 that night. Family members tell us the two were bedridden leaving them unable to escape in time.
During the vigil, family members cried out in agony "I don't want to live without them. No, I won't accept it."
"Every year something always happens and this just takes the cake. Like to lose the ones who started this whole family. I have no words," said Reina Suarez, one of the victims' granddaughters.
It is a tough loss for these family members who tell us their grandfather was full of life, a jokester at heart who always had nicknames for everyone. And their grandmother would light up anytime music came on, taking to the dance floor regardless of who was around.
Now relatives are just trying to relive the good times and thank everyone for their support.
Family members of the deceased are just reminding people who came out to support them to embrace their own family members this holiday season.
"It doesn't matter, any problem you have with your family, an argument, anything, just forget about it. You never know when your last day here is on earth. So just hug them, hold them tight, be there for them. It doesn't matter," said Suarez.
Investigators say the blaze started on the first floor but they are still unsure of what sparked it.
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