Firefighter Keith Dempsey looks for hot spots Monday in Peacock Alley on Hamilton Street in Dalton, Ga.DALTON, Ga. — Every time John Davis closes his eyes, he sees the flames.
They engulf the Dalton building he bought four years ago to house his and his wife’s businesses and several specialty shops.
“I sat there and watched it burn,” Davis said. “It was like a bad dream, sitting there and watching it [the fire] grow.”
On Monday morning, 24 hours after the raging fire was brought under control by dozens of firefighters, Davis returned to the gutted building in the 300 block of Hamilton Street to salvage some files stored in fireproof boxes.
He didn’t find much.