제가 10년 넘게 중학교, 고등학교를 다니고 제 부모님과 같은 분의 슈퍼마켓이 화제로 소실됐다는 소식을 접했습니다. 30년 가까이 이끌어오신 비즈니스가 한순간에 잿더미로 변해버렸습니다.

현지 매체에서도 상당히 크게 기사가 나오고 있는데 저도 너무나 마음이 착잡합니다.

제 학창 시절의 추억이 그대로 묻어있는 곳인데 저의 소중한 기억도 잿더미로 변해버린 것 같은 기분이 듭니다.

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바로 옆에는 거주하시는 집이 있는데 다행히 인명피해는 없다고 하니 천만다행입니다. 참으로 암울하고 참담한 아침입니다.

이민이라는 게 쉬운 것이 아닙니다. 성공하는 건 더더욱 어려운 일이지요. 30년 이상 슈퍼마켓을 운영하시면서 희로애락 이 묻어있는 곳이었습니다.

그런 곳이 한순간에 사라졌다고 하니 제 부모님과 같은 분들의 심정이 어떨지 짐작이 가질 않습니다.

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유학과 이민을 성공하는 첫 번째 키는 좋은 사람과 멘토를 만나는 일입니다, 제가 이 자리까지 올수 있었던 것은 그분들의 도움 없이는 불가능한 일이었습니다. 부디 잘 정리되고 앞으로는 좋은 일만 가득하시기를 바랄 뿐입니다.

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A dairy and adjacent house have been burned down north of Auckland after catching fire overnight.

Stanmore Bay resident Sam Teh lives close to the Bayview Dairy and said he saw the store catch ablaze before the firefighters arrived.

“There were a lot of small pops which must’ve been all the cans inside exploding.

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“The fire also melted one of the power lines, and the lights in our house were flickering before we noticed it.

“It was pretty scary, we were lucky it had been raining all day.”

A neighbour has described the smell of burning smoke continuing to come out of the property when she went for her morning walk.

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Wilson said it was sad and she could not believe the shop was gone this morning.

“Me and my husband went for a walk this morning just around 9am and we saw the dairy shop on the corner was all burned. I thought ‘oh my God it’s our dairy’. I can still smell the burning smoke. Police and firefighters are still there investigating.”

Wilson said the owners of the shop“are a good couple”.

“It’s really, really sad. It’s all gone.

“The owners live in a house adjacent to the shop which has also been affected. The front and kitchen door of their place is also damaged. The garage is completely gone.”

A Fire and Emergency spokesperson said they got multiple calls to the fire about 11.15pm.

“Five fire appliances responded and a few support vehicles as well. All persons were accounted for.”

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The fire service had no information yet on what caused the fire, the spokesperson said.

A police spokesperson said officers also attended the fire but “inquiries to date suggest [it] is not suspicious”.

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Bayview Dairy and an adjacent house on Vipond Rd have been significantly damage after catching fire overnight. Photo / Nenita Wilson

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Nenita Wilson lives five minutes away from the dairy on Vipond Rd.

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