Jewelry worth thousands stolen from neighbouring homes damaged in Calgary house explosion | 24CA News
It’s been an emotional week for folks residing within the Calgary neighborhood of Marlborough after a house exploded — leaving many and not using a place to stay — however now some within the space have extra to fret about than simply having to repaired or rebuilt.
On Monday, March 27, a home in northeast Calgary exploded as a result of a suspected pure gasoline leak, sending 10 folks to hospital.
Janet and Dennis Downes stay subsequent door to the house that blew up.
Due to the injury to their Maryvale Way NE residence, the place they’ve lived for greater than 50 years, they’ve had to stick with pals. Temporary building fencing surrounds their home.
Last Thursday, the couple was on their solution to the house to let inspectors inside — however as they drove up, they noticed a person strolling out their entrance door.
“We hollered at him,” Janet mentioned. “We didn’t know who he was. We just hollered at him and said, you know, ‘what are you doing coming out of there?’ It was locked, and he ignored us and went around the back.”
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They imagine the person broke in via the again door “and stole all my good jewelry and he went through the whole house because he left all the doors and drawers open.”
The Downes imagine the lacking jewellery is price about $15,000, nevertheless they’re nonetheless ready for the correct appraisal from the jewelers.
“They wanted a value,” mentioned Dennis, talking in regards to the jewelers.
“It’s unimaginable for us to provide them a worth of one thing that we had bought years in the past.
“There’s also a sentimental value and nobody’s gonna buy that back.”
A spokesperson for the Calgary Police Service bought Global News they’d responded to stories of a break and enter on the residence on the 700 block shortly after 2 p.m. on March 30.
However, when officers arrived, police mentioned the suspect had already fled the scene.
Global News additionally spoke with Penny Simmons as she went via her belongings on Wednesday, deciding what to place into storage and what to maintain on-hand till her house is rebuilt.
Her house is on the north aspect of the exploded home —the place she’s lived since 1979 — however the constructing is not liveable. She’s been staying together with her sister.
According to Simmons, final week somebody additionally entered her residence, breaking into the protected in her bed room and taking greater than $5,000 price of knickknack.
One of irreplaceable objects, she mentioned, was an emerald ring price about $2,500 that was a present from her late husband greater than 15 years in the past.
Police are investigating the incident and ask anybody with info to provide them a name.
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