Dave Smith said...

> Late Friday night there were three serious fires in Ottawa that gutted a
> number of commercial buildings. One of them was at my nephew's video
> store. The fire started in a hair salon and spa upstairs but his shop
> was totally destroyed. What didn't burn was damaged by smoke and water.
> It was arson.
>
> This came at an especially hard time for my nephew and his wife. She had
> just quit a good paying job to work full time in the store. Luckily,
> they had insurance and are planning to re-open, but it will be a few
> months before they can open up again. They haven't even been able to get
> into the building to see how bad things are.
>
> Early the next morning, Ottawa police were called to a disturbance at a
> hotel in the city hotel and arrested 5 men. One of them had serious
> burns to 90% of his body. At least two of them have now been charged
> with arson.


Dave,

What horrible news!

Hope they can "weather the storm."

I don't know what I would do.

Best,

Andy