VALE, N.C. (WJZY) -- Days after a popular Lincoln County wedding venue burned to the ground, the community is stepping up to help the couples who are now scrambling.

WoodMill Winery in Vale was destroyed Sunday in a fire.

“It was definitely heartbreaking," said Loree Demers, the co-owner of Hilltop Wedding Venue in Shelby. "We had been there before. We got to know the owners a little bit.”

The winery was also a wedding venue.

Demers saw a post from a bride who was booked at WoodMill on a date this month that Demers recently had a cancellation on.

So Demers reached out.

"She says as long as everything lines up, that she would love to have her wedding here," Demers said. "It is right around the corner!"

Hilltop’s owners have put the word out that any of their available dates will be f

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