An unburned statue of the Virgin Mary sits outside the Kuechmann residence near Helena Flats on Tuesday, Feb. 10, after a fire at the home on Feb. 3. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Casey Kreider
February 10, 2026
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Choir members rush to director’s rescue after home destroyed in fire
There wasn’t time to save anything as panicked family members fled outside to safety in the freezing night air. Had she waited even five minutes, Allyson Kuechmann speculated she and her husband would have been trapped in their third-story bedroom.