Woman who lost house after Anne Heche crash ‘lucky to be alive’ as star remains in stable condition

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Anne Heche crashed into is ‘lucky’ to be alive after she was in another area of her home at the time of the incident.Heche, who is known for roles in soap opera Another World and the films Donnie Brasco and Volcano, was injured in a crash when a vehicle burst into flames upon hitting a house.According to reports from NBCLA, a blue Mini Cooper was seen speeding along a residential street before driving 30ft into a home in Mar Vista, and the 53-year-old Emmy Award-winning actress was taken to hospital by ambulance after being removed from the scene on a stretcher.Speaking after the collision, a representative for Heche confirmed that she is ‘currently in a stable condition’, with the rep adding to People: ‘Her family and friends ask for your thoughts and prayers and to respect her privacy during this difficult time.’Now a neighbour of the person whose house Heche hit, Lynne Mishele, has spoken out over the crash.Lynne Bernstein, said the tenant ‘was extremely fortunate’ to survive the accident with no injuries, along with her dogs and turtle, due to her being in another section of the small house.According to Bernstein, Mishele ‘was in shock’, noting to People: ‘I don’t think she got what was going on.

She said, “What happened? What happened?”‘Bernstein went on to claim Heche’s vehicle went ‘almost all the way through’ Mishele’s house and ‘almost immediately’ caught fire – with reports surfacing it took 59 firefighters to tackle the blaze.Following the incident, Mishele’s fellow neighbours John and Jennifer Durand launched a GoFundMe to help cover the cost of replacing her belongings destroyed in the fire.A statement on the page read: ‘Lynne lives with her beautiful pups Bree and Rueban, and tortoise Marley in the Mar.