Problem 9-06 Blue Company lost most of its inventory in a fire in December just before the year-end physical inventory was taken. Corporate records disclose the following. Inventory (beginning) Purchases Purchase returns $ 81,100 284,500 28,500 Sales revenue Sales returns Gross profit % based on net selling price $420,100 21,200 37 % Merchandise with a selling price of $29,500 remained undamaged after the fire, and damaged merchandise has a net realizable value of $8,200. The company does not carry fire insurance on its inventory. Compute the amount of inventory fire loss. (Do not use the retail inventory method.) Inventory fire loss