We came to the incident of the mobile home fire, which happened earlier in the day around noon. The client was going to cook on the stove and put oil in the pan, then stepped outside to take a cellphone call. She heard crackling and came in to find the stovetop engulfed in fire. She tried using the home phone but fire must have melted the line. She grabbed her purse and got out the front door, and her neighbor called for help.
When I looked at the remains tonight, I saw the unit was completely destroyed, the home gutted, blackened walls and charred remnants of furnishings. An empty shell. All that remained of the 50" LCD TV was a stiff upright backboard. So sad.
I tried to relate and make a connection with the client, and related how my father went through similar medical conditions as she had. She shared how she loved to read and had 500 books. She grows and sells fruit and sends money back to her home country to help the poor.
We finished up paperwork at a nearby Starbucks and chatted.
My senior partner, Ray, has been on the DAT team for 8 years and has responded to an amazing 114 calls! He shared that one time there was a house with four rooms with 7 people in each room - and they all spoke Spanish!
