A Sad Day for the Monney Family

We found out that my Uncles/Cousin business caught fire and burned last night around 1 a.m. No one was hurt! I am asking you all to keep my family in your prayers. We have faith in the Lord and I know he will bless and keep us as we go thru this tough time. Below I have put together a video and some pictures of the accident from the local newspaper on their website.

Here is a video that was on the Victoria Advocate website "the local paper"
http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2009/dec/16/dt_firea_121609_78083/











An early Wednesday blaze caused extensive damage to a diesel mechanic shop in south Victoria, a fire official said.

The fire department was called to Southern Field Maintenance at 2004 S. Laurent St. after a neighbor reported hearing explosions and seeing flames about 1:34 a.m.

"It's bad," owner Lynn Monney said after surveying the damage. "All of the shop area is a total loss."

The offices were not burned, but suffered smoke damage.

Monney said he doesn't know yet what sparked the fire at the shop, which employs 14 people. The fire will prevent work being done in the shop, but the 25-year-old operation founded by Monney should be able to continue its field work, he said.

Shilo Monney, Monney's son and co-owner, asked customers to be patient as the company rebuilds.

"We'll come back," he said. "We have to. This is all we know."

Lynn Monney said at least no one was hurt in the blaze. Roger Hempel with the Victoria Fire Department confirmed there were no injuries and that the building was unoccupied at the time.

"We arrived and found heavy fire coming from the middle of the shop area, venting through the roof," he said.

It took 21 firefighters until about 4:30 a.m. to bring the fire under control. Resources called to fight the blaze included three engine crews, two ladder trucks, a medic unit, Hempel and an investigator.

"The building had a large amount of oil in it," Hempel said. "Then there were four vehicles involved, about three forklifts and a couple of large generators."