Fire….
Posted June 16, 2010 at 8:36 am by Ian Byington
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About an hour after is was reported, everyone was accounted for & the fire nearly under control....photo by me.
You know Rhonda & Zeridah’s house, across from Edith Dickinson’s on Argyle Street, just over the Fairgrounds’ fence….
It’s all about a block from my house, so when I heard the siren (a lot of ’em) and saw smoke (a lot of it), I went over to check it out…both the Town & District fire crews were there, controlling what could have been a much worse situation, and the Sheriff and his folks did a good job of making sure no people were in the house, too.
The sheriff told me the roof was burned through & the second floor’s floor was unstable, and that at the point we were talking (mid-afternoon), they hadn’t determined a reason it started.
The family will be set up with emergency housing (Best Western) & provisions, access to free clothes at the Thrift Store, and so on, the way we do when folks are suddenly jumped by circumstance, here on the island.
Tough stuff.
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The fire took out the roof and most of the inner structure of the second floor...thanks for the photo, Ron Garner
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The quick response of our volunteer firefighters kept the situation from being worse...they're awesome. Photo: Ron Garner.
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