Vance County family of 10 displaced after fire tears through their home

HENDERSON, N.C. (WTVD) -- The Goode family is in desperate need after a fire the morning of Aug. 7 tore through their Vance County home.

Mishay and Jesse Goode live on Gun Club Road in Henderson along with their eight children, ranging in ages from 1 to 14. The couple is also expecting their ninth child, a baby girl, in five weeks.

"And I don't have a place to stay," said Mishay Goode. "I know it's tough. I'm not supposed to be stressing."

She told ABC11 that one of her sons woke up early Thursday morning and noticed a glow in one of the bedrooms and quickly realized it was fire.

"We were all asleep. I was sleep, too. And if it wasn't for my son, we would have still been in there," Mishay said. "He said, Mom, get up. We have to go. There's a fire in the boy's room. And I was like, Excuse me. He said, We have to go now."

Jesse had already left for work about an hour or so prior to the fire.

According to Mishay, the nine of them were able to safely escape the house and make it to a neighbor's home, and called 911.

"When I came inside, I said the house is on fire," said Goode.

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Mishay said it took 10-20 minutes for firefighters to arrive and put out the flames.

Currently, she said that her family is living in one bedroom at her mother's house.

"Trying to make the best of what we got in the situation we're in," Mishay said.

The family is holding a fundraiser to help with rebuilding their lives. Mishay said her home is paid off, and her husband does not have homeowners' insurance.

"We don't even see how to even restart with the damages," said Goode. "Their room is in complete ashes."