“You're standing there watching everything you’ve worked hard for go up in flames.”
Nichole McDaniel, a surgical technologist and her husband Joe, a welder, were settling into life as a newly married couple. They were learning the ins and outs of daily life, while living in a home on Baynes Street in Reidsville with their four dogs and cat.
A snow storm turned their yard white and after a long day, the two lit a fire in the wood chimney inside the 120-year old home. Nichole went to bed at 9:30 on January 9th, tired after a 12 hour shift at Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center. An hour later, her husband frantically shook her awake.