| Millions of dollars went up in flames, as Willo’s grocery, a grocery stall owned by Lennox Wilson in the Mackenzie Market,Deion Sanders Falcons Jersey, was completely gutted.Lennox Wilson said that he had left his business for home only a few hours earlier, about 1:30 hrs when he got the call that the stall was on fire. However, by the time he got there it was too late, and he could not save anything.But what could have been a major catastrophe was averted through the quick action of a few public-spirited citizens, who alerted the proprietor to the fire at his business place.The fire service was also alerted and responded quickly. Electricity to the area was cut off.The alarm was raised shortly after 3:00hrs and caused many stallholders to rush to the market to see whether their businesses had been affected. Some persons even claimed that they thought the market had burnt down, based on earlier reports.Both fire tenders from the Linden Fire Service, and the Bosai fire tender fought valiantly and contained the flames to the stall.Wilson said that persons could not break in to save anything either, as the place was well secured by grillwork.The businessman nonetheless remained stoic throughout, even smiling as he spoke with media operatives.“I grew up with a grandmother who taught me to hold your faith no matter what, and I holding faith- not that I ain’t feel it eh,Brett Hull Red Wings Jersey,- I lose a lot, but I got to move on and pick up the pieces.And I feel I got a very reasonable relationship with people, who would help me to go on- and I gon start back from right here,” Wilson declared confidently.Wilson said that he could not estimate his losses, which run in the millions of dollars, but he knew that he would definitely be starting over, as business is his life. The business was however not covered by insurance.According to Wilson, he has been an entrepreneur for more than 23 years,Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale, but only moved to the present location in the market about eight years ago.Prior to that he had operated his business on the nearby wharf, but relocated to facilitate the building of new stalls on the wharf.Many persons empathised with the popular businessman, who is well known for his charitable disposition,Wholesale Authentic NFL Jerseys, and one man even said that he would be more than willing to contribute to any effort to get Wilson ‘back on his feet’.Surprisingly, despite the destruction of the goods and other items in the stall, the outer walls of the structure remained intact.Efforts to break into the building proved futile, due to the heavy grillwork.“That was probably a good thing,Arizona Diamondbacks Gregor Blanco Jersey, as anytime da place was opened, all the fire woulda rush out, and that whole market woulda burn to the ground,Throwback Jerseys,” one observer said.One of the first persons to raise the fire alarm was a ferry boat operator attached to Dutchies Boat Service, who said that he saw the fire emanating from the stall and called the proprietor.Another man, who works as a security guard around the market said that after he observed the fire, he rode swiftly to the fire station and made a report, because he had lost his phone. |
