An Ellettsville pastor and his family lost everything in a fire on Wednesday evening. Fire investigators with Bean Blossom Township Fire say they received the call around 5:30 p.m.
“We left yesterday afternoon around 4:30 everything was normal, everything was fine...about an hour later my brother called and said you need to get home your house is on fire,” said Family Life Church Pastor, Richard Whiteman.
Whiteman says he was stunned when he got the call. He and his wife Sherry were at his son’s home visiting his grandson with.
"This is where we raised our three boys, this was our home. we’ve been here since 98 I think, so we’ve been here a long time,” said Whiteman.
It’s a place they’ve called home for more than two decades. Unfortunately, that came to an end on Wednesday.