There is a bunch of campers, boats, and general crap behind that building (which is about 50-60 years old without any major renovations). Homeless man broke into a camper. There must have been a leaky propane tank either in the camper or nearby. Guy lit a candle and KABOOM!!
Me too. No idea how though. The kennels are in the back which is where the fire started. The firehouse is close by but I would imagine that building burned quick. There was a dog and a cat in there and I am sure they were scared to death with everything that happened. The rest of the animals needing supervised care are transported at night to a 24 hour clinic so if the vet didn't do that, more could have been in danger. The sad part is that although they know the names of the animals, they have no idea who the owners are or how to get ahold of them to let them know that their animals are safe and relocated. Needless to say, all records/patient files were destroyed.
I can't imagine waking up to seeing those pictures of the blaze and knowing my babies were in that building.
The news stories say nobody was hurt. Did he manage to get out? Or did they say that before they knew what happened? If he managed to get out, that was really lucky!
The vet office is on the end. Next to it was a bike shop. Both are obviously destroyed. Rest of building has smoke and water damage. Yes the homeless guy got out and was found later and was ok. He won't be charged since it was accidental.
It happened Sunday night into Monday morning. I doubt some small town vet office burning down would make it onto the news where you live.
They definitely knew us.
I disagree about not pressing charges though. Yes, it was an accident but he shouldn't have been there in the first place and shouldn't have broken into someone's camper. We don't have a huge homeless problem where I live. There is actually a place that lets homeless people live in homes so they can get their lives together, get a job, and use their earnings to better themselves so they can move into a home of their own.
I would imagine someone saw the names of the pets and contacted the owners. Not many pets named Twixx Gunn and Prince Lusby, I would imagine.Wow. Maybe the vet staff will remember the owners by sight. For a whole we were at the vet so often they gave my kids beanie babies.
No, it was a Facebook post that was linked to the article I read from the vet's office with the names and asking the owners to get in touch with them so they can let the owners know where their pets were. I don't have Facebook but their account is public with 100s of comments and I don't want to read all of them so I don't know anything else.
