CONWAY, MI -- An Emmet County business owner is picking up the pieces of his business, while trying to stay in business following a devastating fire.

Conway Towing was destroyed by a massive fire last month.

Soon after firefighters were able to control the blaze at Conway Towing, a house across the street caught fire and was also destroyed.

Look past where the remains of what was once a wall and the charred beams that once held it and you'll see a bed and a dresser in the master bedroom. Denny Hewitt says the plan is to restore this room, and the house, to what it once was.

"We're going to get my mom back in her house, and that's the goal, to get her back on her feet," said Hewitt.

Hewitt and his mother have been staying with his brother and sister-in-law since the March 25th fire. The blaze ripped through the upper part of the house.  Luckily, firefighters were able to quickly respond and put it out before it charred the entire home. That's because they were already on scene, and the house on fire was fire number two.

Across the road where the first fire started, a historic landmark to Conway, Conway Towing, is now leveled and gone. In its place, is a roll-a-way, holding the remains of what was left of the building.

"A fire is a horrible thing. One day, you have something, the next day, it's totally gone," said Conway Towing owner David Ray Hall.

The late-1800's built building had been in David Ray Hall's family for over 40 years and it housed three businesses. He says a lot of history was lost in the flames and smoke. All that's left is a chimney and a still-spewing broken water pipe.

"It's been an eye-opening experience, and when somebody goes through something like this, it's just overwhelming, the stress is horrendous, you have things that you didn't realize you have, until they're gone," said Hall.

He says luckily, but with a lot of stress, he's been able to keep his businesses, Conway Towing, U-Haul, and Statewide Environmental, up and running at this temporary spot just down the road from Conway. For the Hewitt's and the Hall's, they say it's been a rough road, but they'll move forward. And friends, family, and the community have helped tremendously.

"All the people, their outgoing support has just been unbelievable, it's really heartwarming, we couldn't actually believe the amount of support we got from the community, and a lot of people were sad to see that building go," said Hall.

"I often ask myself, why does bad things happen to good people? But you know, I was always taught that we don't, our greatest glory in life is not falling down, it's rising up after we've fallen, and what we do with it, so we're pretty strong," said Hewitt.

Both families say now it's just the waiting game for insurance companies to reimburse.