NASCAR Cup Series

Kevin Harvick, family escape house fire uninjured

Published Nov. 27, 2013 1:14 p.m. ET

Jared Turner

Sprint Cup Series driver Kevin Harvick, wife DeLana and the couple's 1-year-old son, Keelan, escaped without injury when a fire broke out in their Oak Ridge, N.C., home early Wednesday morning.

Kevin, less than two weeks removed from a third-place finish in the final 2013 Cup standings, and DeLana told followers on Twitter that they are OK and that their home suffered no major damage in the blaze, which was contained by the local fire department.

Kevin Harvick Inc., owned by Kevin and DeLana, also issued the following statement on Twitter:

Nothing says WAKE UP like a fire and an alarm! Coulda been really, really bad... Thanks to our local fire dept! pic.twitter.com/lYT7CFaGbp
— DeLana Harvick (@DeLanaHarvick) November 27, 2013