The Navarre community is wrapping its arms around a local military family with a young child who lost all their belongings in a house fire Wednesday night.
Shannon Zottneck was in her living room with her two-year-old son, Maddox, at around 8 p.m. Wednesday when she said she heard a popping noise coming from the garage. When she opened the door, she saw flames and immediately jumped into action.
"I turned around and grabbed my son and grabbed my dog by her collar," Zottneck said. "I ran out front and saw how bad it was from the front and our cars were still there, so I ran inside and tried to find my keys and my purse. I moved two of our cars really fast before they were completely damaged."
Shannon, Maddox, the dog and one of Shannon's friends who had been in the house with them were able to escape without injury as the flames consumed their rental home on El Paseo Street.