UPDATE: Five Escape House Fire in Wayne County

UPDATE 11/26/14 @ 5:45 p.m. WAYNE COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Five victims, including three elderly people, escaped a fire that destroyed a home in Wayne County Wednesday morning.

The fire broke out along Coplen Branch Road about 10 a.m. Wednesday.

One teenage boy who lived at the home and another who was visiting helped the three disabled elderly people escape the fire. Those boys are now being called heroes.

"The house was already in flames; they just kept pulling people out," Donnie Abrams, a resident of the home, says. "Thank the Lord, my son was here and got all the elderly people out."

The elderly adults rescued are family members that are taken care of by the other people who live in the home.

"My old lady just kind of takes care of all of them; its like our own little nursing home we have out here," Abrams says. "Everybody takes care of everybody."

The home to six people is considered a complete loss.

"We don't have nothing now; we'll have to start over," Abrams said. "We're just glad everybody got out."

Although everyone was able to make it out safely, the family dog did not survive. Abrams says they brought the dog in Tuesday night to keep it out of the cold.

Investigators say the are unsure what caused the fire, but the family fears old wiring may have sparked the flames.

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