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Photos: Thursday night Vinton fire still burning Friday morning
The Gazette
Feb. 9, 2018 12:52 pm, Updated: Feb. 9, 2018 1:31 pm
Inside Michael & Dowd Furniture and Appliances, 102 E. Fourth St., where the blaze was first reported Thursday, flames continued to shoot up at the front of the store Friday morning.
The volunteer Vinton Fire Department began to fight the fire about 7:13 p.m. Thursday and tried all night to contain it.
The Vinton Fire Department has been assisted by the Vinton and Garrison police departments, the Garrison, Shellsburg, Urbana, Mount Auburn and Van Horne fire departments, North Benton Ambulance and the Benton County Sheriff's Office.
Vinton fire fighters continue to work the scene of a fire at (from) left Fischer Law Firm, Clingman Pharmacy and Michael & Dowd Furniture and Appliances on E. Fourth St. in downtown Vinton on the morning Friday, February 9, 2018. The fire started on Thursday evening at Michael & Dowd Furniture and Appliances and spread to the two attached business. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)