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Community Helps With Fire Cleanup

Community Helps With Fire Cleanup - Friday, May 8, 2009 at 4:11PM EST

Reported by: Jeremy Deebel
Friday, May 8, 2009 @ 04:11pm EST
Lewisburg, Union County-

A historic home is damaged, but not destroyed, after an early morning fire in Union County.

The fire started just after seven Friday morning at the house on Market Street in Lewisburg.

Now friends, family, and the community are coming together to help clean up the landmark.

Homeowner Elaine Campbell credits an alert passerby and quick action from firefighters for saving the house she and her husband recently purchased.

Campbell said, "We bought it in December and had started renovations and were supposed to move in at the end of this month, beginning of next month."

The home was built back in 1840 by prominent Lewisburg couple Samuel and Catherine Lawshe Wolfe.

Campbell explained, "She and he were one of the five founding families of Lewisburg College that turned into Bucknell."

Investigators say the blaze appears accidental.

News of the fire spread quickly Friday morning, as family, friends, and neighbors rushed over to help clean up and offer their support. Those helpers filled up a nearby dumpster, working to speed up the recovery from this blaze.

Campbell says it’s a show of kindness she'll never forget.

She noted, "This is dirty, smelly, grubby work cleaning up after a fire and I'm really, really grateful."

While there's plenty of smoke, water, and fire damage inside, we're told the building is structurally sound. And Campbell is still plenty determined to set up her new home.

She added, "This is not going to keep us from moving in. We're just going to be delayed on doing it, and just have a lot more work."

The Campbell’s expect to be back on track and moved into their new home in about six months. We’re told they do have fire insurance to cover the damage.
 


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