A house one block from where Holly Helscher lives was filled with flames when Helscher broke into it at around 4 a.m. on Thursday. from Helscher Court, on Tidewater Court, the house in question, where neighbors said a mother and daughter lived, was on fire. “In fact, the person who discovered the fire and called us lived a few blocks away and actually heard the fire, saw the glow and called it out.” It was Helscher who later found out that two people and two animals died in the “It was quite terrifying because many years ago a member of my family died in a fire,” Helscher said. . “So I was like, ‘Oh my God. I have to call, someone has to call.” She added: “I was hoping that despite this pandemic they were traveling and they weren’t home and no one would be home and it would be just stuff, just stuff . And I found out later that … was not the case. “For Helscher, what happened at the Tidewater Court house is too tragic even to try to figure out.” Because everything is. , 2020 is so strange anyway and horrible to so many people and you just didn’t want to see another thing happen to anyone. “The names of the victims and the cause of the fire were not disclosed. . to say the fire was raging can be an understatement. Another woman called 911 as she tried to evacuate the neighbors. This woman told a dispatcher that she thought the house was going to explode.
A house one block from where Holly Helscher lives was filled with flames when Helscher started it around 4 a.m. on Thursday.
“The first thing that happened was I smelled smoke. And I looked right in the face, back from Tidewater,” Helscher said.
Across from Helscher’s backyard on Tidewater Court, the house in question, where neighbors said a mother and daughter lived, was on fire.
“We had fire through the roof on both sides,” Anderson Township Fire Chief Richard Martin said. “In fact, the person who discovered the fire and called us lived a few blocks away and actually heard the fire and saw the glow and called it out.”
It was Helscher who later found out that two people and two pets had died in the blaze.
“It was pretty terrifying because many years ago a member of my family died in a fire,” Helscher said. “So, I was like, ‘Oh my! I have to call, someone has to call.”
She added, “I was hoping that despite this pandemic they were traveling and weren’t home and no one would be home and it would be just stuff, just stuff. And I found out later that … it wasn’t. “
For Helscher, what happened at the Tidewater Court house is too tragic even to try to understand.
“Because everything is, 2020 is so weird anyway and horrible to so many people and you just didn’t want to see another thing happen to anyone.”
The names of the victims and the cause of the fire were not disclosed.
But to say that the fire was raging may be an understatement. Another woman called 911 as she tried to evacuate the neighbors. This woman told a dispatcher that she thought the house was going to explode.