Sunday fires draw out city and
rural departments, again
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[MAY 16, 2005]
Last year it was
cyclical storms that repeated on the same days every week. This year
it seems to be fires on Sunday. Last week the Lincoln City Fire
Department battled a blaze near downtown that started in one of the
Three Sisters apartment houses and quickly jumped to the two other
houses next to it.
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About 1:15 p.m. yesterday dark smoke
again darkened the sky on the outskirts of Lincoln. Lincoln Rural
Fire Department responded to the call.
A large pile of tires at the tire
shredding plant near Interstate 55 on Lincoln's north end had caught
on fire. Chief Dean Kukuck said that rubber burns a long time. An
end loader was used to spread the pile out and, at that, it took two
hours to make certain the fire was out.
Fire departments from Hartsburg-Emden
and Atlanta also assisted.
No cause was determined.
Smoking is prohibited inside the
Logan County Courthouse, but if you stop in there today, you might
wonder. An alarm triggered by smoke sent the Lincoln City Fire
Department over to the courthouse at 5:25 p.m. on Sunday.
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![](../images/ads/current/ace%20large%20buttonized.gif) A smoldering vacuum cleaner and bag
from the third floor janitor's closet was dragged outside.
The cleaning man reported that the
sweeper had been put away after it acted up and made some funny
noises. The sheriff was on scene, but the vacuum cleaner was not
arrested.
Concrete ceiling designed to be
fireproof kept out water as well from offices below the closet.
Evans Restoration Co. from Springfield was brought in to clean up
smoke and water. Maintenance also worked all night to help in the
cleanup.
[Jan
Youngquist]
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