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10/08/2012
FAIRMONT FIRE CHIEF DOUG BORCHARDT ESTIMATES ABOUT 30,000 DOLLARS IN DAMAGE WAS DONE IN A FIRE THAT CONSUMED A GROVE OF TREES AND SOME PASTURE LAND, TWO RV TRAILERS AND A SHED AT THE R.J'S CAMPGROUND BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH SILVER LAKES ON COTTONWOOD ROAD AND COLEMAN LANE ABOUT FIVE MILES SOUTH OF FAIRMONT. THE FIRE WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE STARTED IN ONE OF THE TRAILERS THAT HAD BEEN EMPTY FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS BUT A CAUSE WAS UNCERTAIN.THE CALL CAME IN JUST BEFORE 1 PM MONDAY AFTERNOON. EARLY REPORTS SAID THE GROVE AND A COUPLE OF CAMPERS HAD CAUGHT FIRE AND FOUR OR FIVE PROPANE TANKS HAD EXPLODED . CHIEF BORCHARDT SAID THERE WERE NO INJURIES. HE SAID THAT IT WAS FORTUNATE THAT THE FIRE DID NOT START AT THE SOUTH END OF THE CAMPGROUND OTHERWISE THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH MORE PROPERTY DAMAGE WITH THE MANY CAMPERS THAT WERE IN THE CAMPGROUND.FAIRMONT FIRE FIGHTERS RECEIVED MUTUAL AID FROM CEYLON AND ARMSTRONG FIRE DEPARTMENTS. FIRE FIGHTERS WERE ON THE SCENE FOR TWO HOURS.
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ROD HALVORSEN
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