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January 26, 2012

Battling A Fire

Schiffman-Jeff Karrow lrAt the January 27 meeting of the Alexandria Rotary Club, member Jeff Schiffman introduced Alexandria Fire Chief Jeff Karrow. Karrow provided a dissection of the major Sun-Opta fire of January 2011, relating how the fire department responded to the 29-hour crisis. The firefighters battled -34 temperatures in addition to the fire, which complicated the operation.

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