MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Flames consumed a Cordova shopping center around 10 a.m. Saturday, destroying the building.
The cause of the fire at Fischer Steel Road and Germantown Parkway is still unconfirmed. No one was injured.
The Total Woman Experience hair salon is boarded up, one of a few businesses in the shopping center that won’t be able to return to business for months.
The Salon has insurance but doesn’t expect that help to come for months.
The mother and daughter duo that own it, and they are really hoping that the community can come together and help them out. Sasha Coleman says she was in her salon when the fire broke out.
“I didn’t notice it was a fire until I started to choke a little bit, and when I looked up, I realized the salon was foggy, which is what alerted me that something was wrong,” she said.
Sasha later called her mom and co-owner, Tamara J, who rushed to the scene.
“So I stood here for hours and watched my livelihood burn. I was numb,” she said. “And I think I’m still in a state of shock, and I still can’t believe it, and I’m still at a loss for words, and I don’t really know what to say, I don’t know what to say. But I know that God will provide, and he will restore when you work this long for something.”
Tamara, who has run the business for 34 years, has lost everything she has worked so hard for and hopes the community that means the world to her can help her and her daughter out.
“Just last year at this very salon, we did free hairs for mothers of every age,” Tamara said. “We had a long line that sent us out the door and we did not stop until every mother was served and it was free of charge, so we are known for giving back to the community and we’re asking for the community to do the same thing in return and help us out.”
The mother and daughter have set up Amazon wish lists if you want to donate.
Tamara J’s Amazon Gift Lift
They also have a Gofundme account.