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Fire at “Twilight” Prom-Shoot Location

Monday, December 15th, 2008

Video about the fire at the View Point Inn, as seen in the Twilight movie

A fire broke out Sunday night at the historic View Point Inn in Corbett, OR. Carl Linde built the Inn in 1924 for Grace Palmer. The Inn is on the National Register of Historic Places. This is also where the prom scene was filmed in the popular movie, Twilight.

 

The fire started within the walls of the kitchen and spread to the floors above it. The kitchen is currently out of service because of the blaze. The basement and a second-floor room have also been damaged.

 

Co-owner, Geoff Thompson, reported, “We had a great dinner and then smoke started coming out of the kitchen’s light fixtures.”

 

Angelo Simione, the other co-owner of the View Point Inn, stated to KPTV: “(It’s) very disheartening to see the damage like this. We’re working day by day just to keep this place going, to keep the business going. Small business has been hurt pretty badly, so this fire is the last thing we needed.”

 

Like Simione stated, business continuity is greatly affected after a disaster like a fire. One of the first things business owners should do after a disaster is contact a fire restoration specialist who can help restore important documents and the structure of the building. More on business continuity and fire damage recovery.

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Historic School Destroyed By Fire

Sunday, October 26th, 2008

A fire this weekend destroyed the historic Sanger Avenue Elementary School in Waco, Texas. Chron.com reports that this incident is under investigation as the cause of the fires in the 104-year-old school is unknown.

Two other fires had also broken out at a nearby hotel and restaurant the same night the blaze tortured the school. It is not known if the fires are related or not. Fortunately, no one was injured in these events.

The historic school, built in 1904, had been mostly unused since the 1980’s. Nonetheless, the town is mourning the loss of the familiar building that had been designed by architect, Milton Scott. There were talks around town about how to put the building, which was being renovated and improved, to good use. Now talks will be about restoration.

More on the fires.

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