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Three lumberyard fires in one week

October 13, 2003 |

fireLast week arsonists set fire to two Clay County lumberyards in Kearney and Mosby. Then Saturday night the 100+ year-old Schutte Lumber Co. on Southwest Boulevard went up in a spectacular blaze, leavng a smoky haze over a four mile stretch from Downtown to the Plaza. Arson is suspected in the Schutte blaze, and the KCFD has called in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms to assist in the investigation.

KC Star: Lumberyard blaze blamed on arson.
KC Star: Schutte plans to reopen.
KMBC-TV9 video (RealVideo).
KCTV-TV5 video (Windows Media).


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2 Comments so far

  1. anonymous on October 13, 2003 11:46 am

    Sunday morning there was a thick brown layer of haze all the way from Downtown to the Plaza. It was like fog, but brown and smelly.

  2. Anonymous on October 18, 2003 1:39 pm

    Being half drunk and attempting to get home I thought I was hallucinating. it was not pretty looking.

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