Family Loses Everything in Fire, Hopes to Gain Support at Firehouse Fundraiser
Shelley Harrison, her four children and mother are fine after a fire tore through the second floor of their Third Street home. They hope to pick up the pieces with community support.
"Nothing" is a strong word to those who lost practically everything. Shelley Harrison, her four children and mother were uninjured after their house caught fire on Thursday afternoon. (Their pets, two black labs and two house cats, also survived the fire.) The blaze started in the second floor bedroom of their rental home — located at 2026 Third St. — after a candle was left unattended, said Cuyahoga Falls Fire Capt. Rob Campbell. The fire caused about $70,000 in damage, he added. The department responded to the call at about 4:30 p.m. and quickly extinguished the fire while Cuyahoga Falls police cordoned off the area and controlled the crowd of onlookers. Harrison is an employee at Firehouse Grille & Pub in Cuyahoga Falls and her work…
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Ruby Garland
10:17 pm on Friday, January 25, 2013
my family was born & raised in that house. it breaks my heart to know this has happened. Im also elated to hear no one was harmed... but honestly, after the morrow's took it over and let it go to hell... its better off torched. (the house, not the tenant's belongings & home, of course) more ›