The woman whose home was destroyed when Anne Heche crashed her car into it “narrowly escaped physical harm,” according to friends.

Lynne Mishele’s neighbor, Lynne Bernstein, told PEOPLE Magazine the tenant “was extremely fortunate” to survive the accident with no injuries after the 53-year-old Emmy Award winner crashed her car into the Los Angeles residence on Friday, causing it to catch fire.” So were the dogs and her turtle,” Bernstein adds of Mishele’s pets.

Bernstein adds that Mishele “was in shock” before she even noticed the vehicle, as she saw him and two other neighbors inside her house trying to help everyone get out safely. “I don’t think she got what was going on. She said, ‘What happened? What happened?’” he recalls.

According to Bernstein, Heche’s vehicle drove “almost all the way through” the house and “almost immediately” caught fire. The Los Angeles Fire Department said the accident caused “structural compromise” and “heavy fire” to the one-story home. Officials told CNN that Lynne Mishele was inside her residence where Heche crashed and fire broke out. Neighbors John and Jennifer Durand have started a GoFundMe for Mishele to help her rebuild her life.

In the description for the fundraiser, the Durands say that Mishele lost everything, except for a “few damaged sentimental belongings.”

The GoFundMe states, “Lynne lives with her beautiful pups Bree and Rueban, and tortoise Marley in the Mar Vista home that was destroyed this week by a car driving into the home at a high rate of speed, catching the house on fire,” the GoFundMe states. “Lynne and her family very narrowly escaped physical harm, and for that, we are very, very grateful. The home, however, was completely burned.”

Roy Morgen, another neighbor of Mishele, told CNN affiliate KCAL/KCBS that Heche’s car stopped about “two feet away from where she was sitting.” Morgen said of Mishele, “She was pretty lucky. She’s in shock; it still hasn’t hit her yet. There’s nothing left in the house. Everything was ruined.”

“Lynne lost her entire lifetime of possessions, mementos, all equipment for her business,” the GoFundMe states. “With firefighters’ help, she was able to pull a few damaged sentimental belongings from the wreckage. Everything else is gone.” The Durands urged supporters to donate to the campaign and patronize her home organization, Creative Organization, on Instagram and TikTok.

Heche has since been hospitalized and intubated after suffering burns, and her rep told PEOPLE on Saturday that she is “currently in stable condition.” They described Lynne as a kind and generous person who was always the first to help others and urged the community to come together and help Lynne start over.

Heche was inside a blue Mini Cooper that crashed into Mishele’s home Friday morning on South Walgrove Ave. in the neighborhood of Mar Vista, causing the residence to catch fire. LAFD responded to the call at around 10:56 a.m. According to a release, it took 59 firefighters around 65 minutes to extinguish the flame and extract Heche from the driver’s seat.

So far, the fundraiser has raised over $75,000. Let’s keep Lynne Mishele and Anne Heche in our prayers.