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PublishedOctober 3, 2022
Home destroyed, no injuries in Brighton Plantation fire, official says
Fire crews from eight communities respond to blaze Sunday, and its cause remained under investigation Monday, according to Athens fire Chief Brett Strout.
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PublishedJuly 14, 2022
Athens fire chief arrested on charges of sexual misconduct with a minor, sheriff says
Sean Boyd, 45, has since resigned as chief amid charges he sexually assaulted a child over a six-month period in 2014, according to officials.
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PublishedOctober 13, 2021
Fire at Maine Woods Pellet Co. in Athens, police say
The company was the site of another fire in March when a fire started in a wood pellet drier.
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PublishedMarch 15, 2021
Fire damages building at Maine Woods Pellet Co. in Athens
The fire, reported at 11:28 p.m. Sunday at Maine Woods Pellet Co. on Harmony Road, damaged the walls, roof and most of the wire trays.
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PublishedMarch 13, 2021
Fire destroys large commercial garage in Athens, drawing 12 fire departments
Firefighters were able to save two nearby buildings and a lot of equipment Saturday at Linkletter & Sons Inc. at 115 Harmony Road, but a 60-by-100-foot large commercial garage was destroyed.
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PublishedFebruary 11, 2021
‘Thank God for those fire departments’: Some, but not all, costly wood kilns destroyed in Harmony fire
The kilns were part of Thomas Firewood, a Ripley-based business owned by Derek Thomas. Thomas' father, Doug Thomas, a former state senator and representative, owned the company until selling it to his son a year ago.
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