KNOWS IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE. THE PROCESS OF STARTING OVER IS A HARD ONE. IN THESE PILES, THE REMNANTS OF JEANETTE MULLINS POSSESSIONS NOT JUST FURNITURE OR SHOES, BUT THINGS THAT CAN’T BE REPLACED, INCLUDING PRECIOUS TREASURES FROM HER MOTHER, WHO’S NOW BEEN GONE MORE THAN A DECADE. I REALLY WANT TO FIND THIS BELOW. MULLINS SECOND FLOOR APARTMENT ARE TWO MORE PEOPLE WHO LOST EVERYTHING TO THE FLAMES ON SUNDAY. I HAD MY TV RIGHT HERE AND SOFA AND LOW SEAT IN HER ROLE, GUERRERO HAS BEEN STAYING WITH FRIENDS SINCE A CAR HIT ANOTHER AT THE INTERSECTION OF 24TH AND WEST MAIN IN PORTLAND, SENDING IT CRASHING INTO THEIR BUILDING. THAT CAR HIT THE GAS AND ELECTRIC METERS, SPARKING THE FLAMES. NOW, WHEN THAT CAR CRASHED INTO THE BUILDING, MULLINS WAS RIGHT HERE IN HER BEDROOM. SHE REMEMBERS FEELING THE BUILDING SHAKE, BUT WHEN SHE LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW, SHE DIDN’T SEE ANYTHING, SO SHE DIDN’T THINK MUCH OF IT. BUT SOMETHING TOLD HER TO LOOK OUT THE OTHER WINDOW AND WHEN SHE DID. SMOKE AND FLAMES JUST CAME RIGHT AT ME. SO I JUST. I RAN. I WAS ONLY IN A PAIR OF SHORTS, A SWEATSHIRT, SHIRT AND NO SHOES. NOTHING. JUST RAN OUT. THIS IS ONLY THE SECOND TIME SHE’S RETURNED TO HER APARTMENT. I NEED THIS IN AN EFFORT TO SEE WHAT CAN BE SAVED. OH, WOW. OKAY. I DO WANT THAT. AND WHILE MOMENTS LIKE THAT ARE THE EXCEPTION, MULLINS REMAINS HOPEFUL THINGS WILL GET BETTER. MAYBE NOT RIGHT NOW, MAYBE NOT NEXT WEEK, MAYBE NOT EVEN NEXT MONTH. BUT I WILL GET BACK TO ME EVENTUALLY. I WILL REBUILD MYSELF BA
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Several left without a place to live after car crashes into Portland apartments
The car hit the building’s gas and electric meters, causing an explosion and then flames.
Updated: 5:38 PM EDT Nov 3, 2023
The process of starting over is a hard one. In piles of rubble, wet and charred by flames, are Jeanette Mullins’ possessions. Below Mullins’ second-floor apartment are two more people who lost everything Sunday afternoon.Raul Guerrero points past the boarded-up building, telling WLKY, “I had my TV here. A sofa there, a love seat.”He has been staying with friends since a car hit another at the intersection of 24th and West Main in Portland, sending it crashing into their building. That car hit the gas and electric meters, sparking the flames.Mullins said she was in her bedroom and felt the building shake, but when she looked out the window, she didn’t see anything, so she didn’t think much of it. But when she looked out another window, she said, “Smoke and flames came right at me, so I ran. I was only in a pair of shorts, a sweatshirt, and no shoes, nothing — just ran out.”Friday marked the second time she returned to her apartment in an effort to see what could be salvaged. And while there wasn’t much, Mullins remains hopeful things will get better.”Maybe not right now, maybe not next week or even next month, but I will get back to me, eventually. I will rebuild myself back, and I will be OK,” Mullins said.Mullins did not have renters insurance. Those able to help can click here.
The process of starting over is a hard one. In piles of rubble, wet and charred by flames, are Jeanette Mullins’ possessions. Below Mullins’ second-floor apartment are two more people who lost everything Sunday afternoon.
Raul Guerrero points past the boarded-up building, telling WLKY, “I had my TV here. A sofa there, a love seat.”
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He has been staying with friends since a car hit another at the intersection of 24th and West Main in Portland, sending it crashing into their building. That car hit the gas and electric meters, sparking the flames.
Mullins said she was in her bedroom and felt the building shake, but when she looked out the window, she didn’t see anything, so she didn’t think much of it.
But when she looked out another window, she said, “Smoke and flames came right at me, so I ran. I was only in a pair of shorts, a sweatshirt, and no shoes, nothing — just ran out.”
Friday marked the second time she returned to her apartment in an effort to see what could be salvaged. And while there wasn’t much, Mullins remains hopeful things will get better.
“Maybe not right now, maybe not next week or even next month, but I will get back to me, eventually. I will rebuild myself back, and I will be OK,” Mullins said.
Mullins did not have renters insurance. Those able to help can click here.