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Resale shop gutted, 3 other stores damaged

By ASSOCIATED PRESS   Thursday, October 8, 2009 - 11:20 a.m.
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UNION GROVE, Wis. (AP) — Fire at a strip mall in the Racine County community of Union Grove Thursday gutted a resale shop and damaged three other businesses.

Authorities say the fire was primarily contained to the consignment shop, A Lot of Something. It also spread to the Subway sandwich shop next door. Two other businesses in the strip mall, Proformance PC and A1 Cash Advance sustained smoke damage.

The Union Grove-Yorkville Fire Department was called to the scene about 4:30 a.m. The Racine County Sheriff's Department says the fire was out by 10 a.m.




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elementalvirago
Oct 8, 2009 at 3:47 p.m.
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Mmm...toasted subs.

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