Yeah, it sounds as if there was a short circuit in the beer pumps that ignited a pool of spilt spirits. With all those accelerants lying around, a fire behind the bar would turn into an inferno in pretty short order.
So, now Barlady is jobless
and homeless. Indeed, it is quite possible that she's lost
absolutely everything that she owns except the clothes on her back and
they probably aren't going to be in the best shape. If she
is the owner/operator and the bar turns out to have been not up-to-code, then she may not get much, if anything, from her insurer. She is right to be in shock; she's starting utter destitution in the face. I'm wondering how she'll react when the shock wears off and reality hits home?
So, what next? I figure that Clinton will try to help her. Likely, he'll beg Marten and Claire to put her up on the couch fora night or two. Long term, she is going to need a
lot of help to get back on her feet.
I don´t think the bar belongs belonged to mighty eyebrows girl. Her attitude is more like that of a clerk who doesn´t give a shit about his job beause she hates it anyway. But that leaves the question why she was living upstairs. Maybe she was living there anyway and only started working at the bar because that´s incredibly convenient.
Some jobs come with a room. Barlady might also have doubled as 24-hour on-call cleaner, watch person and delivery receiver.