Show 1 r rr r r hr P I 1 j 9 i f Vi r rr I j I I 1 I I Jt r j Jw J Jit i it j J r- r r IJ V I I r i JI Y a aY Y 9 3 v r r y r j 4 ur T Is Damaged by Fire Just before noon on Monday Monday Monday Mon Mon- day the Sport Shop became a victim of- of fire The Park City Volunteer Fire Dep Department rt ent was at the site within within within with with- in minutes after the alarm was sent in and fighting blowing snow and cold tem temperatures began the battle to distinguish the smoldering fire The fir fire was hard to get at atas atas atas as the upper timbers of the building we were w ere r e I burning and smoke came billowing out the upper windo windows making the firefighters firefighters' firefighters firefighters' fire fire- fighters' fighters job most difficult Friends of Matt and Helen Alvarez owners and operators of the ski shop volunteered their help to remove the clothing clothing clothing cloth cloth- ing skits boots and other items from the main floor store As soon as the things were thrown out of the wind windows ws or brought through the e door outside helpful helpful helpful help help- ful friends loaded their cars and trucks and took the merchandise merchandise merchandise mer mer- chandise to Mortuary Mrs Miriam opened opened opened open open- open open- ed her home for Helen to store many of the the items Fred Eley and Bill Henrion left Eley's garage to help their neighbor People who came cameto to see seethe the fire became involved in moving things from the building Their rapid-paced rapid help kept the loss of merchandise to a minimum Many became frustrated from the smoke and had to take bike care care not to be harmed b by the fumes and smoke The cause of the fire was not determined but it was thought it could have been the fireplace fireplace fireplace fire fire- place chimney The rough estimate of damage is in the thousands The which has been in business for over five years in Park City is located on the corner of Heber and Park Avenues Matt has commuted to Litton's in Salt Lake City while Helen managed the shop This year Matt felt the volume of business had grown to the point where he could remain in Park City without having to work in Salt Lake He has been renovating renovating the ground floor of the building for expansion pur pur- poses The family lives in the apartment on the top floor Their two sons Matias and Mark were at school when the fire b broke r 0 k e out All of the family's personal clothing and belongings were lost |