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Battling the blaze

Shortly after 9 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 10, Burns and Hines fire departments responded to a report of a structure fire behind US Bank in Burns. Upon arrival, smoke and flames  were already visible in the two-story building, owned by John Mims. The building housed a number of antique items that were unable to be saved. Burns Fire Chief Scott Williamson said the unsafe conditions prevented anyone from entering the building, and the cause of the blaze remains undetermined. An account has been set up at US Bank for donations to help Mims with the clean-up effort.

 

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Randy Parks
Editor Randy was born in Iowa, and spent most of his life growing up in the Hawkeye State. After a few years in college, he settled in Idaho for a decade, skiing, golfing, and working at Sun Valley Resort. He married in 1985, completed broadcast school, and moved to Harney County in 1989 to work for KZZR. After 16 years of on-air work, he left the radio station and went to work for the Burns Times-Herald.

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