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The start of a long process

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Published on Thursday, March 5, 2015

By Kate Jackman-Atkinson

The Neepawa Banner

Almost a week after the fire, Neepawa 水果视频 Hardware owner Pat Guilbert has a long road ahead of him.  On Wednesday evening, he watched the store he bought in September 2008, and expanded since then, burn. Like the tenants, he too lost irreplaceable items in the fire.

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鈥榃e lost everything, we came out with the clothes we had on鈥�

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Published on Thursday, March 5, 2015

By Kate Jackman-Atkinson

The Neepawa Banner

It was just after 6 p.m. last Wednesday when Arlene Vaughan first noticed smoke rising from the back of the Neepawa 水果视频 Hardware building. In addition to working in the store, Vaughan and her husband Tom lived in one of the four apartments above the hardware store. 

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Q and A with Neepawa fire chief Scott Gibson

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Published on Thursday, March 5, 2015

By Eoin Devereux

The Neepawa Banner

Just over a week removed from the devastating blaze that destroyed the 水果视频 Hardware building in Neepawa, Fire Department chief Scott Gibson describes exactly how the evening played out for the volunteers and emergency personnel who were the first line of defence against the flames.

When did you first receive the call?

鈥淎t around 6:13 pm, we received the initial page to a structure fire. As soon as you walked out the door that evening, you could see the smoke, so we knew we were going to something serious, right from the start. We began entry into the building. There was a key holder there who let us in. At that time, there was no smoke, no flame on the main, store level of the building. There was nothing showing on the second level, other than smoke. Upon investigation into the building, the fire was actually burning between the two shells of the old building and the new building.鈥�

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