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Post by engine922 on Feb 16, 2008 8:44:00 GMT -5
This fire occured yesterday morning. Van Buren County is the county to the west of Kalamazoo. This area is where I grew up. In fact in the pic below the FF's are from my hometown of Covert Mich. Story courtesy of the Herald Palladium: HARTFORD — Several area fire departments were called in Friday morning to help Hartford firefighters extinguish a large fire that destroyed a two-story downtown building with a business in it. Local firefighters were called to 35 1/ 2 W. Main St. at 3:26 a.m., and additional departments were summoned to help, Hartford Fire Chief Ed Riley said. State police Fire Marshal Scott LeRoi is investigating the cause, and no determination had been made as of late Friday afternoon, Riley said. The fire appeared to have started in the ceiling of the brick building, which was mostly vacant, Riley said. Corner Fun and Games, a video and computer games arcade operated by City Commissioner Mark Scholten, occupied part of the first floor. The second story, which at one time had apartments, was condemned and therefore was not in use, the fire chief said. The building is owned by Rudy Serratos. However, the fire did affect a family renting an apartment just east of the building destroyed by the fire, Riley said. The fire destroyed the stairway used to gain access to the family’s apartment. For now, the family cannot stay in the apartment until that access is restored, he said. Assisting Hartford firefighters were the Bangor, Keeler, Lawrence, Coloma, South Haven, Paw Paw, Decatur and Watervliet fire departments, Riley said.
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