Fire destroyed Iraq veteran's business

Iraq Veteran Lost Tools Of His Trade In Fire
The Hartford Courant
By CHRISTINE DEMPSEY
January 7, 2014

Hartford, CT 01/06714 Louis Sanzaro IV, owner of Sanzaro Landscaping and Construction, lost everything in a fire at 1012 Wethersfield Ave. in Hartford that started shortly before midnight Monday.
(John Woike / Hartford Courant / January 7, 2014)

HARTFORD — Louis Sanzaro IV looked around his wrecked office Tuesday morning in a warehouse destroyed by fire the night before.

It reminded him of his seven months in Iraq.

"It was just like Fallujah or something," he said later. "That's what it looks like."

The 32-year-old estimates he lost hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of equipment, the lifeblood of his landscaping and construction business.

"That's only $65,000 right there," he said sarcastically, motioning to a charred excavator in the back of the building. Nearby were three ruined dump trucks, with new sanders and plows, and a pick-up truck.

Sanzaro also lost three commercial rideable mowers, a push mower, chain saws, snow blowers and other equipment, in addition to hand tools. He has insurance and is talking to his carrier about what's covered.
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