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Salvation Army Workers View Fire Damage

Salvation Army Workers View Fire Damage - Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at 6:34PM EST

Reported by: Jeremy Deebel
Wednesday, Apr 29, 2009 @ 06:34pm EST
Sunbury, Northumberland County-

The day after fire tore through a Salvation Army thrift store in Sunbury, dozens of people stopped by to survey the damage.

Meanwhile, crews began the exhausting task of cleaning up the mess left behind.

On Tuesday night, fire severely damaged the store, and destroyed a second floor apartment.

More than half a dozen companies responded to battle the blaze.

Christopher Suarez, of Sunbury, explained, “My wife and I were driving and she saw smoke, so we drove around here and saw this big ball of smoke. And then we saw a big thing of fire right there and that’s when everything broke out.”

Investigators believe the fire started in the apartment upstairs. They say it appears to be accidental.

But for those who work here at the thrift store, the damage is all too real.

Salvation Army Major Sharon Cupp noted, “The front of the store, it looks like we’ve lost everything. There’s water damage to the clothes. The roof, the structure of the roof, the ceiling looks like it’s ready to come down.”

Volunteers hope some items stored in an addition at the back of the building can be saved.

Salvation Army officials say they’re still in a state of shock over the fire, and aren’t sure what their next steps will be.

Cupp added, “I don’t know because this has been such a good location for us. And if it’s salvageable we’d like to keep it because it was so profitable.”

We’re told the Salvation Army does have renter’s insurance.

Thankfully everyone escaped Tuesday night’s fire safely. Two firefighters did suffer minor injuries battling the blaze, but we’re told they’re doing just fine.

Salvation Army officials are asking people to hold onto any clothing or furniture-type donations until further notice.
 


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