This week we brought in heavy equipment to help us move the large sections of roofing aside and meticulously comb through all of the ash and debris. It was a lot of work and it was dirty work, but we did uncover a lot more than we expected. We put together a short video to show you a little of what happened at the scene. You can watch the video by clicking here or on the video icon below.

We've been working hard to give out as much information about our progress and our efforts as possible. Last week Kyle produced a video that shows the site and some our excavation efforts.  You can watch the video by clicking here.  We were moving heavy pieces of roof aside, which is why I was out of breath while talking, to try and excavate  and uncover any material possibly missed by the GFD (see the Saturday July 12 entry).  Tomorrow we have heavy equipment coming in to help us lift the pieces of roof and put them aside so we can dig deeper.

Here's a picture of Annette and Crystal working on scanning some of the mixed together slides today. They were excited because they had just identified a customer by looking through some scans they had just done. You can see some of the photos hanging in the background that we're using to help us match people to their photos.

Here is a photo of the team working today on remounting slides. We're really proud of how hard working and dedicated this team has been.

Here are some pictures of DigMyPics employees diligently cleaning and remounting film. Hover over the thumbnails to see the full image.

Channel 15 covered the fire for local news and then did a follow up interview at our temporary facility. Click to view the Recovery Operation Interview
See the interview that aired on Channel 15.

Here are some pictures taken of fire damage and the initial recovery effort by the good folks working with the Gilbert Fire department. Hover over each thumbnail to see the entire picture.

Here is the first video footage of the fire. This was taken around 2am on May 5,2008. You can watch the video by clicking here or on the icon below.