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Show Fires In Farmington Don Ball, Farmington fire chief, reported two fires the first week in December. One was at the Art Forbush home on West State St., Dec. 5. The fire was reported by one of the family members. The fire was contained in a short time. A faulty chimney flue was probably prob-ably the cause of the tire. THE SECOND fire was Dec. 6 when a large barn owned by the Lagoon Corp. was reported re-ported on fire. The fire department depart-ment responded and found approximately 80 tons of hay on fire. Estimated loss was approximately $12,000. Firemen Fire-men remained with this fire for approximately 8 hours to keep the fire from spreading. The cause of the fire is under investigation. |