In Redwood City, on Friday evening, several dozen community members gathered in a park for a vigil to remember two employees of a local liquor store who were found dead earlier this month following a fire. Neighbors said these two liquor store employees were familiar and beloved faces in the community.
Amy Anthony, of Redwood City, welcomed attendees to the vigil, saying, “I can’t begin to thank you all enough for taking time out of your busy lives to honor two loved men, who lost their lives at a tragic fire at their workplace.”
This week, officials identified Benigno “Benny” Nuguid Pare, 56, and Anil Kumar Sharma, 25, as the two people found dead at the Avenue Liquor Store on Roosevelt Avenue at 5:30 a.m. on November 3. Their bodies were found by firefighters responding to a fire at the liquor store. Officials said they don’t know what Pare and Kumar were doing inside the building at the time or what caused the fire. Redwood City police and fire departments, as well as the San Mateo County Coroner’s Office, are investigating the fire and the deaths…