Two storage units of donations for Deseret Industries went up in flames around 4 a.m. on July 10 in Kuna, Idaho. News station KTVB.com reported that damages are estimated to be more than $23,000. However, the situation could have been worse had an 18-year-old Pokemon Go player not found the fire and called 911.
Authories arrived on the scene moments later and extinguished the flames, but were unable to save the storage units.
Clark Meredith, the Deseret Industries store manager in Boise, told KTVB that he was saddened by the loss of the donations that could have helped the community.
"The people that are benefited are people in our community and so when I see something like that happen it's just a little heartbroken, you know," Meredith said.
The 18-year-old told the 911 dispatcher that he heard sounds and saw what looked like two teens running from the scene.