An early morning house fire in East Cleveland left a 6-year-old girl and a woman dead Monday.
The fire broke out around 4:30 a.m. near East 125th Street and Superior Avenue. Neighbors tell News 5 the cries echoed through the neighborhood.
“You don't want to know it. The screams you hear, the horror movie; no, that was worse than that. The guy was yelling, 'Somebody, please help me.' The sound of, 'Somebody I love is getting hurt right now. I need your help,'” said Yvone Lundy, who lives across the street.
Lundy immediately called 911 when she saw the fire. She said she called by 4:01 a.m. and by 4:07 a.m., her Ring doorbell camera shows the house engulfed in flames.
Cleveland and East Cleveland fire departments responded, learning immediately that there were four people in the home. Two got out, two were trapped inside. They were able to get the elderly woman and 6-year-old out of the home, but both later died. A couple was also transported to the hospital in unknown condition.
A spokesperson for the Cleveland Fire Department said the fire caused around $60,000 worth of damage to the home but it will most likely be a total loss.
The cause of the fire is unknown at this time.
