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Fire Guts Downtown Sutton Office Building

fire-graphicSUTTON, Neb. (AP) — Fire officials in southeastern Nebraska say an electrical fire in downtown Sutton gutted an office building and caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage.

The fire was reported just before 7 p.m. Friday. Sutton Fire Chief Chris Moore says he was handing out candy to trick-or-treaters at the fire station when someone came running in, saying there was a fire downtown.

About 30 firefighters from Sutton, Hastings, Clay Center and Grafton battled the fire that ravaged the two-story building owned by Abat Lerew, a construction contracting company.

No one was injured. Officials estimate damage at between $100,000 and $200,000.

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