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We had a great response time of seven minutes, but the fire had
gotten "too big a start on us," said Rural Fire Chief Dean Kukuck.
Seven fire departments responded: Rural Lincoln, Lincoln City,
Broadwell, Elkhart, Mount Pulaski, New Holland and Middletown.
The state fire marshal is in charge of the investigation. The
fire marshal told Kukuck that the cause of the fire is undetermined,
but the start of the fire was at the back of the building.
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 The historic Route 66 icon is a total loss. An old block building
about a foot away and Ernie Edwards' house about 8 or 10 feet away
still stand, and neither of them were hurt.
Four firefighters had a ceiling come down on them, but all of
them signed a release form stating they did not want to go to the
hospital.
The greatest loss is in the contents of the museum, all of which
are nearly irreplaceable.
[Karen
Hargis; picture by Lee Schall]
From the LDN archives
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