More than 100 people trapped in Agatha Christie’s former home for hours last week due to adverse weather conditions.

The Greenway home in Devon, where the legendary English writer who shaped detective fiction lived, is open for public tours and many admirers visited last Friday when bad weather broke out.

As reported by Devon Live, a tree was uprooted by the strong wind and rain on a road leading to the residence resulting in no way of escape from the area.

Caroline Haven, one of the visitors, said around 100 people were trapped in the house and a spokesman for the National Trust, which manages the property, said there were “visitors, staff and volunteers on the Greenway who couldn’t get out”. . He added that “efforts were made” to make their stay at home comfortable.

During the incident, many social media users in their comments compared the situation to the events in Agatha Christie’s novel “And Then There Were None” (And Then There Were None Left), where strangers are invited to a mansion in Devon and many of them are murdered.

The Greenway residence is set to remain closed indefinitely due to “extensive storm damage.”