Hurricane Helene-related deaths reach 25 in South Carolina, with most in the Upstate

This story has been updated with an additional confirmed death in Greenville County.

Candles providing light at a Greenville home caught fire Sunday, killing a Greenville woman.

Deputy Coroner Shelton England said the home on Pleasant Ridge Drive had no power in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The woman's name has not been released.

In Anderson County, a fourth person has died also as a result of the storm.

According to Anderson County Coroner Greg Shore, Karen Denise McCall, 60, of Anderson, was killed Friday morning when her car was swept away by stormwater.

McCall's family reported that she was missing when she didn't pick up a family member, and no one had heard from her. A helicopter search team discovered her overturned Toyota sedan at about 2:30 p.m. Saturday in a wooded area near a heavily flooded Harbin Road.

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Including the Greenville woman and McCall, there have been 25 storm-related deaths in South Carolina, according to the South Carolina Department of Public Safety. In addition to the Anderson fatalities, Greenville County accounts for five deaths and Spartanburg County six. There have been four in Aiken County, one in Chesterfield County, two in Newberry County, and three in Saluda County.

Many of the deaths involved people struck by falling trees. Police continue to encourage people to stay off roads.

Here are the other Greenville, Spartanburg, and Anderson victims:

∙A Greenville woman, whose name has not been released, died Sunday in a house fire caused by candles lit because of the storm-related power outage.

∙Christine Lynn Schmeiske, 55, died when a large tree fell across the center of her home at 419 W. Whitner in Anderson. She was trapped under heavy debris and pronounced dead at the scene.

∙Sandy Lee Fisher, 54, of Anderson, died at 18 Williams Road when a tree also fell through her home.  Fisher was found under the debris.

∙Bobby Jean Foster, 83, of Pelzer, died in an early Saturday morning head-on collision.

∙Jimmy Lee Wall, 68, of Chesnee, was found dead in his home on Parris Bridge Road. Wall's home had high levels of carbon monoxide. A generator was on inside the residence.

∙Anna Maria Smith died after a tree fell onto her home in Inman. She was found under the debris.

∙Alvaro Burgos-Guitierrez, 41, died in Chesnee after a tree fell onto his home. He was found with the tree on top of him.

∙Ralph Selle, 88, of Columbus N.C. was discovered dead in Landrum after being swept in flash flooding.

∙Christopher Mark Owens, 64, and Derrill Eugene Pitts, 70, were found dead Friday after a tree fell on them while they were in a golf cart surveying damage to homes in their Landrum neighborhood.

∙Lordner Lee Palmer, 56, 5 Cedar Avenue Lot 11, Greenville, died after a tree fell on her home.  Palmer was found inside the home, entrapped by the tree.

∙In Marrietta, Aaron Marshall Lance, 40, was outside of his home at 896 Chestnut Ridge Road when a falling tree struck him.

∙Charles Daly Dean III, 59, was in his residence at 2036A Cleveland Street Extension, Greenville, when a tree fell through his roof and struck him.

∙Moreno Arnez Maddox, 68, of 1369 Ridge Road, Greenville, was found dead outside his home after he was struck by a tree.

This article originally appeared on Greenville News: Hurricane Helene death toll at 25 in South Carolina; 15 in the Upstate