There was a fire at the end of Neal's Pen Road Extension today. One small wooden house burned, and another beside it was scorched. The resident says he suspects arson:..
Corlen Gomez - Fire Victim
"Well I was called and the fire was burning around 10:45 because I had just left like an hour ago and when I came back I just found the whole house down. I don't really know much because I wasn't here."
Daniel Ortiz
"You said from the distance from where you were, not only could you smell it - you also heard the explosion?"
Corlen Gomez
"Yes, I heard a loud noise go 'boom' "
Daniel Ortiz
"And you suspect that to be?"
Corlen Gomez
"One of the little gas tank stove - that is what I think made the noise."
Daniel Ortiz
"Have you lost everything?"
Corlen Gomez
"Everything, I wasn't here and I just washed yesterday and everything is just gone, just like that - clothes, chair - everything."
Daniel Ortiz
"Now, I know this has to be a very difficult thing for you - how are you coping right now?"
Corlen Gomez
"I am not really feeling it hard but all I know is that I have to start all over from scratch again, because I don't really know what caused it. It happens to a lot of people and I didn't know that one day it would happen to me just like this."
Daniel Ortiz
"You seem to be a very young man - having or building your own house, it gives you that sense of independence. How do you move on? It seems that you have a positive mind right now."
Corlen Gomez
"I'm thinking to try and get help from somewhere and just get more board and build another house and start over again and just don't let this mistake happen again."
Daniel Ortiz
"And you don't believe you left a candle on or anything like that?"
Corlen Gomez
"Nothing was on, I believe someone burnt it."
Daniel Ortiz
"You think it's arson?"
Corlen Gomez
"Someone burnt it"
Daniel Ortiz
"Do you have any kind of 'beef' with anybody lately that you would think?"
Corlen Gomez
"No kind of beef - the only beef I have right now is baby-mama-drama."
Daniel Ortiz
"Are you looking at that possibility?"
Corlen Gomez
"It could be, I'm not sure - I don't want to point because I'm not sure but eventually I will find out what happened but I won't worry about that - I won't let that bring me down because I still have my life."
The estimated value of Gomez's lost roughly adds up to 3 thousand dollars. If you would like to assist the young man with any help, he can be reached at telephone number 6-6-3-9-3-8-8.
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