Christopher Coen
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Refugees flee fire at Columbus apartment complex
Posted by Christopher Coen on August 21, 2012
Dozens of Bhutanese refugees living at a Columbus apartment complex have been displaced following a fire on Monday evening. A blurb at WSYX ABC-6 News explains:
COLUMBUS — No one was physically injured during an intense blaze at Summit Park Apartments Monday evening. For some however, the fire reminded them of what’s now considered their “past life.”
“About 500 homes,” Laxmi Acharay recalled. “All of us, 500 homes gone at once.”
Acharay is one of dozens who now live at the apartment complex who came to Columbus from a Bhutanese refugee camp in Nepal…
Three dozen homes had to be evacuated as Columbus Firefighters battled the flames.
Acharay’s apartment was untouched by the flames. He’s thankful he won’t have to completely relive the nightmare that once left him homeless in another country. Read more here
The Columbus Dispatch reports that the fire was an arson:
…No injuries were reported in the fire, which started in a fenced-in storage area filled with old furniture next to the apartment building at 4349 Walford St. Investigators say it was arson, Columbus Fire Battalion Chief Michael Fowler said, although they don’t know yet how it was set… Read more here
