GoodScout
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Terrible news in our town yesterday as one of our small Inns burned to the ground and the husband of the elderly husband & wife team that owned it for 20 years died in the blaze: http://newportdispatch.com/2015/02/28/fatal-fire-engulfs-english-rose-inn-in-westfield/
I only interacted with the couple a few times, but they seemed nice. I think they were at that point where their infirmities were forcing them to try and find a buyer, but the condition of their aging inn kept them from doing so. One person at the scene reported that the husband, despite being infirm and having to spend a lot of his day in a wheelchair, was down in a crawlspace trying to thaw some pipes when the fire started. His wife apparently was taken to the hospital with some injuries. The husband is missing and presumed dead.
There are so many lessons to be learned from this, but I just feel horrible. We just did our semi-annual replacement of all our smoke-detector backup batteries just last week, and I think I'll do some wiring inspections today. Just so sad.
I only interacted with the couple a few times, but they seemed nice. I think they were at that point where their infirmities were forcing them to try and find a buyer, but the condition of their aging inn kept them from doing so. One person at the scene reported that the husband, despite being infirm and having to spend a lot of his day in a wheelchair, was down in a crawlspace trying to thaw some pipes when the fire started. His wife apparently was taken to the hospital with some injuries. The husband is missing and presumed dead.
There are so many lessons to be learned from this, but I just feel horrible. We just did our semi-annual replacement of all our smoke-detector backup batteries just last week, and I think I'll do some wiring inspections today. Just so sad.