Ismet Yazkurt poses for a portrait in front of Sunnyview Transmissions. He lost everything in a storage unit fire on May 3, 2021. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter.
A friend of a Salem man who lost all of his possessions in a storage unit fire earlier this month has started a GoFundMe.
Ismet Yazkurt saw all of his possessions, $25,000 in total, burn in a fire police said was caused by a Salem man shooting a flare into Airport Self Storage on Turner Road.
Salem Reporter wrote about Yazkurt last week.
Yazkurt has spent the last year sleeping in his minivan after taking a buyout to leave his home on Lancaster Avenue.
He didn’t insure his storage unit, which had his tools from decades of furniture repair.
His friend Tony Khalaf, owner of Sunnyview Transmissions, started the GoFundMe to help Yazkurt replace his tools and other items.
-Saphara Harrell
