A 3-year-old girl’s birthday party almost went up in flames on Saturday.

  • Kali Vasquez, 3, birthday cake destroyed in house fire
  • Tampa police brought her a replacement cake

Kali Vasquez was sharing a cake with her siblings and cousins when her mother Walteria said she smelled smoke.

“Smells like plastic burning,” she said. “Look to the left, and oh my gosh, fire everywhere. It was a big disaster.”

Walteria was able to get everyone out of the room and put the fire out. However, the cake was ruined.

The family was cleaning up when Tampa Police arrived. That’s when officers did something unexpected. They brought a cake for Kali.

Although the family lost a bed in the fire, it’s a birthday Kali will never forget, and her mother says she will always be thankful for.