PHOTO ESSAY

Dutcher discusses the fire with an insurance investigator in front of a poster for his film, Brigham City, in which he played a small-town sheriff. A major scene from this movie was filmed in the park across the street from his burned office.

Dutcher speaks with fire and insurance investigators after the fire that destroyed the contents of his film office. Note that his office is adjacent to the Mapleton Volunteer Fire Department

Director Richard Dutcher sits contemplating what to do after his film offices were gutted by a fire early Thursday morning 3.30.06.

Christopher K. Pratte, Dutcher’s publicist, views the extensive damage to the newly finished office.

Workers scrub down the sooty walls of Dutcher’s Main Street Production’s office.

Richard Dutcher examines the remains of items left on his desk.

Reels of his latest film, States of Grace, which will probably not make it into a theater near you

Dutcher examines what’s left of several copies of his latest film, States of Grace, which was to have gone into national distribution this month.

The fire damage is not so apparent from the front of the building, which shows its proximity to the Mapleton Volunteer Fire Department.

Headshots and memories lay smoldering on the soggy ground outside Dutcher’s new office, which was gutted by fire just 12 days after he moved into it.