We arrived early this morning with a rental truck at the Peoria St. building. We were hoping to recover as much of our inventory as possible on the promise we would have an hour to remove what we could. The fire marshal and his investigators were still at work in the building and needed additional time.<\/p>\n
Residents had fled the fire with little or no time to collect their valuables let alone anything of substance. The two fatalities were an elderly couple who had been residents for over twenty years. Since the hallways on the top three floors of the building were filled with flame, most residents had to leave the building through their windows.<\/p>\n
A two year old child was dropped from one of the upper floors into the arms of a bystander. A young women jumped from the fourth floor to the parking lot below, breaking both ankles and her back. Most of the 25 injuries came from falls to the ground despite warnings from the firemen present that ladders were close.<\/p>\n
Later in the day, residents were permitted ten minutes to return to rooms that were not totally destroyed. Arthur and Jason had only a few minutes to pick up IDs, valuables, records and computer files. In the brief time allotted, they were allowed look into the HMS storage area. The news is better than we hoped. There was no standing water or heavy smoke present. It appears that most of the Total War material is intact though no through closer inspections were permitted.<\/p>\n
We have no clear idea of when we will have access again to the inventory. The building is still a crime scene, though fire and police have gone silent on the individual taken into custody. Insurance investigators have not yet had a chance to look at the interior of the building. I’m sure we will be notified of when we can return and begin recovering our material and we will let you know as soon as we do. Jason and Arthur are without living accommodations and that will be a priority for the next few days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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