'It didn't sink in', says trader who lost his house and snack shop in fire after leaving a fryer turned on in SP

Trader loses everything after having property destroyed by fire in RP Owner of a property that caught fire in Ribeirão Preto (SP) after the electric fryer was left on, trader Marcos da Silva Elias says he doesn't know what to do to start over. In addition to the house he lived in, he lost the kitchen in which he produced made-to-order snacks. "How do we start over if we lost everything we worked for? All the materials, the machines, the freezers. I lost everything, I don't even know what I'm going to do. I'm lost, it hasn't sunk in yet," he said. ? Be part of the g1 Ribeirão e Franca channel on WhatsApp The fire occurred on Thursday afternoon (20) in Jardim Paulistano and was controlled within 15 minutes by the Fire Department, with no injuries. The structure of the house and kitchen were compromised. Despite this, neighboring homes and establishments are not at risk. The intersections of João Bim, Cravinhos and Paulo Nogueira streets were closed during the incident. Trader who lost his house and snack shop in a fire in Ribeirão Preto, SP, after forgetting the fryer turned on Tiago Aureliano/EPTV 'I went quickly to make the delivery' In an interview with EPTV, a TV Globo affiliate, Marcos says that, that afternoon, he was preparing snacks in an electric fryer when a customer got in touch asking for a last-minute order. It was at that moment that he left without turning off the equipment. "I picked it up and fried it and went quickly to make the delivery. I just left the fryer on, as it's electric, it heated up the oil a lot and must have spread the fire throughout the kitchen." The merchant claims that when he returned, it was already late. The fire began to spread. The first reaction, according to him, was to save the pets. "I arrived at the beginning, but the smoke had already spread. I got in quickly, right under the flame, because I have my pets. Three of my cockatiels that were in the kitchen and a dog. I managed to get them all out," he says. In addition to the damage to the structure of the property, Marcos lost equipment used in the salt shop. According to him, it will be a challenge to recover the loss. "It caught fire in my kitchen, I lost everything, it spread to my house." Fire destroys house and salt shop in the east of Ribeirão Preto (SP). Gabriela Rodrigues/EPTV See more news from the region on g1 Ribeirão Preto e Franca