Melissa’s update

It has been a few weeks now since the fire and a rebuild is underway.
What I have heard from talking with people is that the store was under-insured due to the drop in the value of the local currency–perhaps insured at 1/3rd the value of goods.

Within a few days of the fire, the owners shifted employees to their other stores or to help with the clean up and the rebuild. What a class act to not just layoff everyone right before the holidays.

The building is gutted, the roof has been removed, and all the burnt merchandise was hauled away at, what I am sure was, a great expense.