Firefighters were called out to a house fire in the overnight hours in Levittown, Pennsylvania. Crews responded to the 200 block of Louise Drive in the Morrisville Borough section of Levittown at 3:32 a.m. for a report of a house fire.
The house belonged to the Samer family, and the newest member of Bucks County Odyssey, Danielle Samer. In an exclusive interview with Samer, she explains to us how the family was alerted of the fire:
"My oldest dog who is 12, she never barks and she put her two paws up on my parents bed and had this high pitch bark not like a normal bark and she woke my mom up and that's when my mom saw the flames at the back of the house."
According to Samer, the smoke detectors had not gone off since the fire was on the back side of the residence.
"There was no smoke detectors going off because the fire was still on the back of the house and not inside so my brother sister and I weren't aware of the fire at that point." The fire completely gutted the house and fire officials said that the heat from the blaze was so intense it melted the siding off neighboring residences.
Kate, one of the family's three dogs, warned the residence and they all made it out safely. According to fire officials, the fire started outside in the back of the house. They are still investigating the cause. The Falls Township Fire Marshal's Office has released this statement regarding the investigation
"Today at 03:32 Falls Township Fire Company along with Morrisville, Levittown number one, Fairless Hills, Edgely, Levittown two, Yardley, Parkland, and Langhorne Fire companies responded to a house fire on Louise Drive which unfortunately gutted the home. All residents escaped safely as did their three dogs. The fire is under investigation by the Falls Township Fire Marshal's Office."
A GoFundMe page was created to aid the family by Sarah Hanes, a friend of the Samer family. The goal on the page is $10,000 and from the community outreach, they are already over $900.
If you would like to donate to the Samer Family, the GoFundMe link is https://www.gofundme.com/2avjxk4
The Samer family has received a large amount of support from the community and cannot express how grateful they are of the support they have been receiving from friends, family, and even complete strangers.
"The community has been beyond words with how they are opening up to us, some being complete strangers just offering a hand in anyway and we can't be more grateful for everything that everyone has done this far these past few hours, it's truly beyond words." - Danielle Samer.
