"If you need a roof, we'll be back in the game Monday or Tuesday next week," he said. "We have large commitments to our customers. They've been phoning us all day and telling us they're supporting us. We need to get things rolling. Our outside storage is intact and so are our delivery trucks."

"I couldn't even begin to speculate what caused the fire. By the time I got there, it was severely burning. It was intense. There's nothing left. It's a mass of twisted steel. It brings a tear to your eye when you realize how much time and effort went into building that place and how devastating that fire was."

"I wouldn't be surprised if the estimate goes up," he said. "There was a lot of water and smoke damage to the adjacent units that I don't think has been calculated yet."