Fire in Petworth, Cause Unknown
On my way home from the National Arboretum just now, I passed a pretty grisly scene: the convenience store on the corner of Rock Creek Church and Warder, NW, has been burnt to a crisp. To wit:
The proprietors still don’t know what caused the fire, which witnesses say began around 3 o’clock this morning. By the time I got there, they were explaining to their employees that there’d be jobs in the future–they just didn’t know when. The fire department expects to have an explanation by early next week. As for the owners…well, all one of them could tell me was that “shit happens.”
Indeed. In the meantime, does anybody have a clue as to what the hell happened here?
Tags: unsolved mysteries
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August 9th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
What was the business?
August 9th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
typical DC corner store… Bottled tea, ice cream, random groceries we ask them to stock…
August 11th, 2008 at 10:30 am
I took a cell phone pic, not great but you can see the scale of the fire:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamietre/2753701810/sizes/o/in/photostream/
As usual, kicking myself for not carrying my point and shoot at all times (especially while wandering petworth in the middle of the night)
August 11th, 2008 at 10:55 am
Thanks, Jamie. In other news, the Prince took a cue here and turned up a couple more details….