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Indiana Company Rebuilding Year After Big Blaze

A year after a spectacular fire destroyed its main facility, a Fort Wayne, Ind., company has overcome a series of bureaucratic hurdles and begun to rebuild. “We had so many entities involved: the city, county, state, federal. And we had …

Popular Wisconsin Restaurant Destroyed by Fire

A popular Platteville, Wis. restaurant has been destroyed by a fire that took nine hours to knock down. The Wisconsin State Journal reports the three-story building housed the Chicago’s Best restaurant, a popular gathering place for permanent residents of the …

Wisconsin Auto Body Shop Destroyed by Fire

A recycling and auto body shop has been destroyed by fire in western Wisconsin. The owner of Centerville Recycling near Trempealeau and two firefighters suffered smoke inhalation when the longtime family business went up in flames Sunday. Forty-four-year-old Alvin “Rob” …

Many Homeless After Apartment Fire in St. Louis

Many residents of a St. Louis, Mo., apartment complex are homeless after a massive fire swept through the building. The fire broke out Tuesday night at the four-story, 197-unit apartment complex on Lindell Boulevard in the city’s Central West End. …