Central Fresno floral business destroyed by fire

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- "It takes 10 minutes for idiosyncratic to destruct something. It conscionable kills me," said Donna Brown, proprietor of Brown's Floral.

Through tears, Brown shares what she mislaid erstwhile a occurrence tore done her Central Fresno business.

"All my antiques, my furnishings that I utilized to decorate with. Everything was inactive successful it," said Brown.

Firefighters rushed to the store connected Belmont and Teilman - conscionable earlier 5 a.m. Sunday. They recovered flames shooting done the windows - on with suspicious circumstances.

"Further probe recovered that 1 of the doors was near unfastened erstwhile they were doing their 360 around, determination is simply a doorway that was near open. That's not typical. The gathering should've been secured," said Battalion Chief Lupe Fernandez.

He said the occurrence did not scope the attic of the building.

But the flames destroyed the concern Brown and her household built.

She precocious switched to taking orders implicit the telephone alternatively of having the floral store unfastened to the nationalist due to the fact that she's losing her eyesight. She says successful the past, she often worked 7 days a week to support her concern open.

Now, each she has are the memories of what erstwhile was a flourishing business.

"I deliberation that's wherefore I person lived arsenic aged arsenic I am. And my customers, you know," said Brown.

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