Summary

FIRE DESTROYS A NUMBER OF HISTORIC DOWNTOWN BUILDINGS IN VENUS IN NORTH TEXAS

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 175207
Story Slug Venus Fire
Location Venus, TX
Format PKG
Date 12/9/1999
Archive Time 6:37
TRT 1:13
Supers Venus, TX Robin Barton, Her Store Spared Tony Irwin, Owns Antique Shop Chief Buzz Brown, Venus Volunteer Fire Dept. Bridget Jacobs, Reporting
Video Description BURNT BUILDINGS; BARTON SOT; IRWIN SOT; FIREFIGHTERS BY BUILDINGS; BROWN SOT; BUILDINGS; BARTON SOT;
Description FIRE DESTROYS A NUMBER OF HISTORIC DOWNTOWN BUILDINGS IN VENUS IN NORTH TEXAS
Script LEAD: THE CITY OF "VENUS" HAS LOST PART OF ITS HISTORY - AFTER A DEVASTATING FIRE BROKE OUT - IN THE 100-YEAR OLD DOWNTOWN SQUARE. THE BLAZE STARTED ABOUT THREE O'CLOCK THIS MORNING. THREE BUSINESSES WERE DESTROYED. REPORTER BRIDGET JACOBS HAS MORE ON THE FIRE AND THE DAMAGE IT LEFT BEHIND. (**PKG**) NO PKG SCRIPT AVAILABLE/STORY INFORMATION: CLEANUP HAS BEGUN IN VENUS WHERE SEVERAL STORES IN THE TOWN SQUARE WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED TODAY IN A PREDAWN FIRE. THE AREA IS WHERE MOVIES SUCH AS ``BONNIE AND CLYDE'' STARRING WARREN BEATTY AND ``BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY'' WITH TOM CRUISE WERE FILMED. OFFICIALS SAY THE HISTORICAL BUILDING THAT BURNED DATES BACK TO THE EARLY 1800'S. AUTHORITIES ARE LOOKING AT WHETHER THE FIRE STARTED IN A PIZZA RESTAURANT. WESTERN FEED-DATE: 99DEC09 WESTERN
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