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Fire Destroys Ohio Island Shops
KELLEYS ISLAND, Ohio - A fire on a Lake Erie island in Ohio has destroyed a row of shops and sent thick, black smoke billowing through a resort town.
Kelleys Island Mayor Rob Quinn says firefighters saved a bed-and-breakfast by hosing it down Thursday afternoon while its vinyl siding was melting from the fire's heat.
No injuries were reported. Quinn says the cause of the fire isn't known, but investigators are looking at whether it was linked to heating and air conditioning work being done in one of the storefronts that burned down.
The island's fire department was helped by firefighters from several communities on the mainland, who had to take a ferry to get to the fire scene.
Kelleys Island is in Lake Erie off northwestern Ohio, about 60 miles east of Toledo.
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Kelleys Island Mayor Rob Quinn says firefighters saved a bed-and-breakfast by hosing it down Thursday afternoon while its vinyl siding was melting from the fire's heat.
No injuries were reported. Quinn says the cause of the fire isn't known, but investigators are looking at whether it was linked to heating and air conditioning work being done in one of the storefronts that burned down.
The island's fire department was helped by firefighters from several communities on the mainland, who had to take a ferry to get to the fire scene.
Kelleys Island is in Lake Erie off northwestern Ohio, about 60 miles east of Toledo.
Copyright 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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Permalink Reply by Holli Balazs on
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yeah it is..i was raised in Ottawa Co and still frequent Kelleys a few times a year. for a tourist town theres not much worse than a fire =(
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