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LARGO, Fla.<\/strong> – <\/span>Friday, a memorial filled with flowers, stuffed animals and a rosary sat in front of what\u2019s left of the Largo home where four-year-old Rahzi lived with her father and her grandmother.<\/p>\n

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“It didn’t feel real, and it still doesn’t, if I’m being honest,” Olivia Campbell, one of Rahzi\u2019s teachers at Romper Room Preschool, said. “I mean, we just literally said bye to her on Friday and then come in and we get that. I have no words to express. It’s just heartbreaking.”<\/p>\n

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Rahzi and her grandmother died in an early Monday morning fire at the Westgate Mobile Home Park. Her dad is in the hospital. According to a family member\u2019s online fundraiser, he has severe burns all over his body.<\/p>\n

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Rahzi\u2019s teachers and the owners of Romper Room Preschool are helping raise money for Rahzi\u2019s family and collect donations.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“<\/i>They’re just a wonderful family,” owner Angela Tatarow said. “They were always involved. She was just a spunky little charismatic little girl.”<\/p>\n

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“She was the light of the whole place,” Katelyn Good, one of Rahzi\u2019s teachers, said. “Every time somebody would be upset, she would feel that sadness and she would do her best to make everybody happy.”<\/p>\n

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“She had the biggest smile, her big brown eyes. She loved to learn. She was spelling her name on her own,” Good said.<\/p>\n

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Her teachers said Rahzi was known for her sweet personality, her goofy faces and always making her rounds to hug every teacher and friend before leaving each day.<\/p>\n

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“The wildest, brightest light that you could have ever met,” Campbell said. “She had the craziest spirit with the brightest smile. She could turn your world upside down in two seconds in a positive way.”<\/p>\n

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The cause of the fire remains under investigation by the State Fire Marshal\u2019s Office.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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What’s next:<\/p>\n

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Rahzi\u2019s funeral is Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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