There was a fire scare on one of the city's busiest streets this afternoon. A business owner near the corner of Amara Boulevard and Cemetery Road almost lost his entire inventory when something caught fire inside while he was closed for lunch. 7News was there and here's what happened:
Just after 1:00 this afternoon, the neighbour to Samir's Jewelry on cemetery road called the Fire Department when she saw smoke streaming from inside the closed store. They responded within minutes and opened the shutter to find that a stick of incense had ignited a mop which was on fire. Very fortunately it caused no other damage. The owner and namesake Samir Bados was grateful:
Samir Bados, Owner of Samir's Jewellery
"Well I feel good man nothing happened to me and no big damage in my store but I was worrying about this because it would have been a big problem if the whole place caught fire you understand?"
Reporter
"And who was here at the shop?"
Samir Bados, Owner of Samir's Jewellery
"Nobody, after 12 I was at home I went for lunch."
And while Samir's jewels are intact, he says he has learned a valuable lesson.
Samir Bados, Owner of Samir's Jewellery
"I want to make everyone know I am okay and the shop everything is okay no big damages happened. Sorry for how I am talking but I was nervous but no big damage happened in my shop and everything is okay and under control."
