Retired Lamesa firefighter and arson investigator Ronnie Ray lost basically all of his personal possessions in a fire that destroyed mobile home southeast of Lamesa Tuesday afternoon.
“We found his badge from when he was constable in there but that was about it,” Fire Chief Larry Duyck said.
“He lost everything.”
A caregiver who also was living in the home also lost all of her possessions, Duyck said.
Red Cross is providing temporary motel rooms for both Ray and the caregiver, and local residents already have been pitching in to help, Duyck said Wednesday morning.
Ray, who has Parkinson’s disease, even lost the walking cane ...