Amazon Driver Realizes Home Is on Fire While Delivering Package, Then Sees Car in the Driveway and Panics (Exclusive)

Ciara Aschan tells PEOPLE that she noticed something was wrong while she was still driving, then she spotted smoke and flames

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  • Ciara Aschan, 27, was on her delivery route on Nov. 10 in Des Moines, Iowa, when she noticed smoke and flames coming out of the back of a home
  • She called 911 and checked to make sure no one was inside of the home
  • Her quick thinking enabled firefighters to limit the home’s damage to the upper floor

An Amazon delivery driver was at the right place and right time when she helped save a burning home from being completely destroyed.

Ciara Aschan, 27, of Johnston, Iowa, was in the process of delivering a package in neighboring Des Moines when she noticed something unusual at a home in the 6900 block of Southwest 15th Street.

“I was looking for the address [for my delivery],” she tells PEOPLE. “I was kind of squinting while I’m driving, and then I saw the smoke coming from the house.”…

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