Thanks everyone for your thoughts and kind words. I talked with him yesterday, bassically the insurance people will do nothing until a cause has been determined, the state fire marshall was supposed to be there yesterday ... ? It is a total loss, being a body shop everything in it aside from tools was a continuious igniter. Gas from the vehicles inside, paint, thiners, actilene, propane, and atop all that he is an advid drag racer (fortunately his car was inside his trailer away from the building) and he had about a 100 gal of racing fuel stored back in one corner. He is already (yesterday) insulating and upgrading the wireing on another small garage on his property, he said to just line him up with some work, he'd be ready in a few weeks. His biggest draw back right now is not the ability and place to do the body work but the paint booth. We shared a couple tears, a laugh, and went to work. He's a hell of a guy and a friend. Thanks again everyone.
