A 69-year-old Roswell man and his four-legged friend, Link, are now homeless after fiery flames took over their home Monday.
“It started spreading faster, and I knew I couldn’t do anything about it,” said Joe Merritt. “The fire-- I felt so bad, the flames were about 3 ft. high.”
Merritt said he just finished making tacos, before things went south.
“I had a caregiver cause I'm mainly homebound, but she left and I'm not a cook,” he said. “I was hungry and I got some oil and put it in a pan for some corn tortillas to make tacos." “I made them and went to sit down in the living room and watch TV, but I forgot to turn the burner off-- and the oil got hot and caught fire.”
With nowhere to turn, Merritt said he fears the worst.
“I don’t know what I'm going to do,” he said. “To be honest with you, I'm scared, because I've always been able to take care of myself.”