Fire destroys Stonewall sign, graphics shop
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This article was published 28/05/2024 (842 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
A longtime Stonewall entrepreneur is being forced to pivot after a fire decimated her business.
Doctor Decal owner Suzanne Morin said she normally doesn’t go into work on Fridays. However, she decided to pop in the morning of May 24 because she’d planned to take the following Monday off.
Within several minutes, Morin spotted a fire in her sign-making and graphics shop. She bolted, horrified because the space contained flammable isopropyl, Morin recalled Monday.
She phoned emergency services. The call came around 6:30 a.m., according to Stonewall Mayor Sandra Smith.
Morin bought the Main Street business from a friend in 1997. The company’s 30th birthday looms next year.
“I just watched it go up in smoke,” she said sadly.
Crews were on scene for most of the day, although the fire department considered the blaze under control by 10:30 a.m.
Doctor Decal has since been deemed a complete loss; a neighbouring property has water and fire damage.
As of Monday afternoon, Morin wasn’t sure of the fire’s cause. The incident was under investigation; the local fire department didn’t comment by Free Press print deadline.
Morin also didn’t have a damage estimate; she has insurance. All the machines in her three-room business and her finished projects are gone.
Toxic smoke filled the air Friday, she recalled. Nearby residents were evacuated, and fire departments from neighbouring areas arrived.
“I am very devastated,” Morin said. “It’s a big loss for me.”
Morin hopes to find a new place for Doctor Decal in Stonewall.
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