Fire hits Grand Forks City Hall
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The Grand Forks City Hall is located at 7217 4th Street. Where is "Batman"?
Waymark Code: WMMM8C
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 10/07/2014
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Fire visited Grand Forks' city hall on September 19, 1013, causing fairly extensive damage to the ground floor. Though it occurred at 5:00 AM, there were, luckily, one or two persons who heard a blast and investigated, seeing the fire. An individual was arrested shortly after on suspicion of arson.
The Nelson Star reported on the fire, the story being reprinted below.
Grand Forks history is closely tied to the mining and railroad boom of the 1890's and early 1900's. The post office opened in 1896. The original post office was replaced with this, a new modern brick building in 1913, with a copper-clad clock tower which was erected in 1914.
Today this building is the City Hall, having undergone extensive interior renovation and exterior restoration in 1985.
We visited Grand Forks in mid March 2013. As we were standing in front of City Hall in the typical waymarking pose, a friendly, well dressed gentleman called out, "Did you see Batman?"
Huh...? I thought to myself and replied, "Batman!?!? Where?" He kindly pointed and explained his where-abouts. Now it is up to you to find Batman in the enclosed pictures.
Grand Forks City Hall
A September 19 press release from Sgt. Darryl Little of the Kootenay Boundary Reg. Detachment indicates that the "The Grand Forks RCMP is currently investigating a fire that caused extensive damage to the Grand Forks City Hall, early this morning."
The press release states that alarms were responded to at about 5:30 this morning, and when police and firefighters arrived the first floor of the building was on fire.
"The fire department was able to extinguish the blaze, however, significant damage was caused to the entire first floor. Arson investigators are en-route to the scene, in an effort to determine the cause of the fire, however, at this time it does appear suspicious."
"A person of interest has been taken into custody and members of the Kootenay Boundary Regional Detachment General Investigation Section will be speaking to him about the incident. The City Hall is a two storey building so a structural engineer may need to be consulted to determine if it is safe to enter. No injuries were reported."
From the Nelson Star