Family remembers mom and daughter, aunt killed in Lexington house fire

LEXINGTON, N.C. — We’ve now learned the three people who died in a Lexington house fire were two women and a little girl, according to the Davidson County Fire Marshal’s Office. 

The investigation into the cause of the fire on Kimberly Lane resumed Wednesday morning. 

Deputy Fire Marshal John Webster told WFMY News 2 that smoke alarms were inside the home, but they were not working.

Fire crews arrived around 4:30 a.m. Tuesday to find a motorhome engulfed in flames next to the house, with fire already spreading to the house. Five people were asleep at the time. Two of them made it out. Three did not. 

Firefighters got the little girl out of the house and rushed her to the hospital, but she did not survive. Webster said the two women were already dead when crews reached them.

WFMY News 2 spoke with family, who shared more on the victims and survivors of the fire: 

Alysha Clark (32) died in the fire. She would have been 33 on Sunday. Megan Clark (29) died in the fire.  Maddy Edge (3) died at the hospital from her injuries. Cat Clark survived the fire. She is the wife of Alysha. Neal Clark also survived the fire. He went to the hospital for smoke inhalation. He is the father of sisters Alysha and Megan and grandfather to Maddy.  

Editor’s note: Pictured in the photo are also Tami Clark (red shirt) and Kalysha Wall (black dress). Tami lives at the home but was truck-driving in Ohio when the fire happened. She is the mother of the sisters who died and Maddy’s grandmother. Her husband, Neal, survived the fire. Kalysha is the sister of the women who died and Maddy’s aunt. She does not live at the home. 

Kalysha Wall, Alysha’s twin sister and Megan’s older sister, told WFMY News 2 that Alysha was the “most compassionate and caring person I’ve ever known,” and that Megan “was a fearless, free spirit.”

Wall said Alysha initially made it out of the house but died after going back inside to try and rescue Megan and Maddy.

“My twin sister used to call (Maddy) her little tiny human antidepressant …” Wall said. “(Alysha) had to be a hero. She loved Maddy so much. She would have done anything for her, and she died trying to save her.”

Two adults escaped. Neal Clark, father of Alysha and Megan, was taken to Lexington Memorial Hospital for smoke inhalation. Cat Clark, Alysha’s wife, did not require hospitalization.

Neighbor Steve Lohr said the fire moved with alarming speed.

“It went pretty fast. I couldn’t believe how fast the fire spread through the house,” Lohr said, adding he and his wife woke to the sound of small explosions outside.

Investigators believe the fire started around the motorhome, but they still don’t know what caused it. They do not believe the fire is suspicious.

The Red Cross is helping the two survivors with housing. The family planned to celebrate Thanksgiving at the home on Saturday