fire-gutted building News

A 122-year-old building in southeast Iowa that was damaged by a fire last summer will be torn down, its owner said, citing the high cost of preserving the charred structure. The Burlington City Council learned of the plan to demolish …

A five-story building gutted by a fire in downtown Welch, W.V., has been demolished. A contractor hired by the city tore down the Libby Building on Saturday. Mayor Reba Honaker tells the Bluefield Daily Telegraph that Empire Salvage plans to …