Shari White moved into Cedar Place Apartments in November of 2016. This past January, she got a call saying her apartment had caught fire. At first, due to safety, reasons, she was not allowed inside. After multiple attempts, she was finally allowed in for a short time on March 26th before demolition began.
"Its been horrible for three months, my life has been on hold," White said. "I had no idea what I was walking into, I hadn't been here in three months and they just wanted me to hurry up and do this. So I got all I could."
In the rush, White forgot to get some important documents such as her birth certificate and her social security card, so she asked to be let back in. The apartment complex said no. When News 10 arrived to Cedar Place, crews were seen taking bins and White's belongings and throwing them in a dumpster.
We went inside to see what was going on. Staff members refused to comment. Shari says she just wants to know why she couldn't go back in.
"Why they are treating me like I'm some sort of criminal or something, I have no idea," she said.
FOX 47 reached out to the management company in charge of Cedar Place apartments and didn't hear back. White now has a new apartment and is re-buying all of her belongings. She says she wouldn't wish this process on anyone.
"No one knows what going through a fire is like until you go through a fire," White said.