In Mentor, Ohio, firefighters were surprised to discover shoppers in a Dillards South store kept buying even as thick smoke filled the store from an electrical fire. They had to block the door to prevent customers from entering.
We know that Christmas sales can be cutthroat…but are people really dying for a good deal? “Daddy can’t be here this evening, little Timmy…because he is in the hospital burn unit…How did he get there? He almost got out in time…but he spotted the last Tickle Me Elmo and refused to leave a good deal behind.”