Fire….

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.

The fire took out the roof and most of the inner structure of the second floor...thanks for the photo, Ron Garner

The quick response of our volunteer firefighters kept the situation from being worse...they're awesome. Photo: Ron Garner.

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