MARLINGTON TOWN BLOCK GOES UP IN FLAMES - Grantsville's Fate Nearly 50 Years Ago

(11/11/2013)

A giant fire swept through Marlinton, Pocahontas County early Sunday morning destroying an entire city block, involving about four buildings, leaving at least a dozen people homeless. The Main Street fire started at 3:30 a.m. with a dozen local and regional fire departments responding. The state Fire Marshal's office has been called to investigate the cause. See   47 YEARS AGO: GRANTSVILLE'S LAST GREAT FIRE OF 1966

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