It's a rough start to the New Year for one business as a fire in Hermon burnt Northern New York Parts to the ground. Seven fire departments helped put out the fire, but only one tractor was saved. With such losses, our Cara Thomas spoke with the owner about his plans for the future.

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HERMON, N.Y. -- John Stransky, Lieutenant of Hermon Fire Department, said, "When we got there, it was fully engulfed, flames were coming through the roof there was nothing that we could do."

Around 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, Eric Edie got a knock on his door. It was his mechanic telling him that their store was on fire.

"By the time we got down here, I tried to go into the entrance of the show room where all of our inventory and computer systems and all that and I was just met with a rush of smoke and flames," said Edie.

Edie is the owner of Northern New York Parks, a small store that sells engine and tractor parts locally and through the internet, while also doing repairs on the side. They were in the process of expanding their store and just getting ready to hire two more people when a faulty wood stove chimney brought their plans to a halt.

Stransky said, "The building is a complete loss. The guy was a small engine repair facility, had a bunch of lawnmowers, four wheelers. Everything was a total loss."

Edie says he was able to save one of their tractors, but they lost over $40,000 worth of inventory, brand new, bought and paid for. But Edie says he isn't willing to quit.

Edie said, "Basically I had two options. I had either to get out or figure out a way to keep going and the easy option would be to take the insurance money and be done you know? But the reason I started this was to hire people."

For now, Edie says they will run their business out of another building they own and though they won't be able to do repairs just yet. They will continue to sell products online.

"I don't know how many told me last night, when you get ready to rebuild let me know, I'm coming with a hammer. We'll get it up you know. No, it's a very tight community and everybody looks after each other," said Edie.

Edie says he is going to use every cent of the insurance money to rebuild his shop and hopefully break ground in the spring.