VIDEO: A family in Middleport is left picking up the pieces after a fire destroyed their home.
The fire began just before 5 p.m. Monday on South Second Avenue. Three fire departments were on scene for about three hours to put out the blaze.
Three people lived in the home -- brothers Bryan and Stacey Holley, along with their 73-year-old mother Susie Holley.
Stacey was returning from the grocery store when he saw the house up in flames. “When I got out of the car and looked at the house, there were flames shooting out of front bedroom window,” he said.
His brother and mom were still inside, so he ran in through the fire to try to get to his mom.
“She’s in a wheelchair, so I brought her out from underneath the flames and the smoke all around us, and I brought her out of the house to the front porch, got to the front porch and the flames started to get on me and her too,” Stacey said.