It's been four years since Dwayne Dalton nearly lost his life in a house fire that burned more than 75 per cent of his body.

Now he’s facing another setback. Just over a month ago someone set fire to his truck.

“It was my life line for now,” says Dalton. “I have to go to the hospital two or three times a day and I have to get to the gym every day for my strength training. It’s all essential to my recovery.”

Regina Gillis has followed Dalton’s story over the years and was shocked to hear about the latest incident.

“He's beaten all the odds and fought, fought, fought to get back to where he is now and to have this happen, this guy must be feeling pretty discouraged and I’m so afraid he's just going to lose hope,” says Gillis.

Gillis is hoping to encourage Dalton to keep up the fight and is leading a group of people to raise money for a new vehicle.

“He's in a desperate situation here and we’re saying ‘let's get him a vehicle so that he can keep on fighting and get back to where he wants to be and lead a productive life to help his children’,” says Gillis. 

Dalton has five children and had planned to take a trip this year during summer vacation, but that is now on hold.

“My oldest daughter said to me, ‘dad do we have to stay in the house like we did last summer now?’ that just broke my heart. Last summer I was in a wheel chair and I couldn't go anywhere. So this summer we had lots planned. We were going fishing, camping, now, nothing. We’re stuck in the house every day. It’s a bugger,” adds Dalton.

Another campaign for Dalton has been set up online by a friend in Halifax.

About $600 has been raised with less than two weeks left in the online campaign.

Gillis says her fundraising efforts are just getting started.

Donations are now being accepted at all Credit Union locations in Cape Breton.

With files from CTV’s Kyle Moore