Andy wrote:
> 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.


I am sure that they will pull through, but you have to wonder about an
arsonist who ends up with burns over 90% of his body. It looks good on
him.