person A: Last year we lost our home of 20 years to a house fire. 
person B: Oh no!  I can't even imagine that - was everyone ok?
person A: Yes_comma_ thankfully everybody was safe. Nobody was even home when it happened. 
person B: I'm so glad that everyone was ok.  But I know that was devastating - did you rebuild?
person A: No_comma_ we just bought another house closer to town. It was sad losing everything that we had. 