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Tiffany Clark gingerly lifted a ball of charred fabric from a recliner turned on its side.
"It's here, mom," she said to Stephanie Davis.
The pair worked carefully to unwrap the bundle — a blanket. Inside, an image of Tiffany's three smiling children was mostly untouched by flames.
Only the image of Lil' Bob — her oldest son — was burned.
Smoke still wafted from the kitchen Wednesday afternoon as Bob and Tiffany Clark continued sifting through the blackened remains of their Belle Plaine home, which was destroyed by fire Tuesday morning.
The mementos they salvaged didn't quite fill half of a 6-by-12-foot trailer. Among the missing items were the old Polaroids of Tiffany holding her three babies.
"It was 21 years going up in smoke," Tiffany said, looking around. "I feel like we've been kicked again."
The fire is just one more setback in a long list of family tragedies, said Bob Clark, owner of Clark's Log Furniture.
Last June the couple lost a son called Lil' Bob, 20, to cystic fibrosis. His twin sister, Susan, died in 2006 from the same disease. She was 16.
Their third child, Logan, 17, was also born with cystic fibrosis.
"I don't know," Bob said, looking over the charred rubble.
He paused.
"It's sickening."
The Clarks weren't home when fire crews arrived. The family had spent the morning nine miles south of Belle Plaine, cutting the red cedar timbers they use to craft custom furniture for Clark's Log Furniture.
Bob started the business with Lil' Bob in 2009.
Because of Tuesday's fire, the showroom at 9530 S. Rock Road, will be closed until Wednesday.
Lowell Ester, captain of Mulvane emergency services, said a passerby reported brown smoke rolling out of the Clarks' roof to Sumner County Fire District 9 at 10:54 a.m.
Ten minutes later, Mulvane fire crews were on the scene. Within minutes, the heat and smoke trapped inside exploded, engulfing the north side of the house in flames, Ester said.
"When that happens, pretty much everything floor to ceiling in the house ignites," he said.
Fire crews searched for Logan in two bedrooms of the house after neighbors initially reported that he might be inside. Usually a late sleeper, Tiffany said her son would have been alone in the house if not for "tree cutting day."
For more than four hours Tuesday, fire crews from Belle Plaine, Mulvane, Udall and Wellington trucked in water to douse the fire. Derby fire crews also assisted.
Belle Plaine fire chief Eric Blake said the fire started near the utility room.
No injuries were reported, Ester said.
As of Wednesday, the cause of the fire and damage estimates were still unknown. The 3,000-square-foot house was valued at $110,000.
The large building the Clarks use to make their furniture, which is near the house, was not damaged. Bob said he will be back in his workshop today, finishing orders.
They're homeless for now, but Bob said he and his wife will start over.
"I'm sure we'll regroup like we always have and figure out a plan," he said.
