A massive fire consumed Aberdeen’s Armory Building on Saturday, June 9. The Aberdeen Museum of History, the Coastal Community Action Program offices and the Aberdeen Senior Center were destroyed.
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(Kat Bryant | The Daily World) Coastal Community Action Program CEO Craig Dublanko carries an armload of file backups rescued by firefighters after the blaze was out.
(Kat Bryant | The Daily World) Aberdeen Fire Department pumps water out of the Armory basement after the fire was put out.
(Kat Bryant | The Daily World) The roof collapses.
(Courtesy Carol Bear) Smoke and flames were visible for miles.
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(Kat Bryant | The Daily World) Dann Sears, founding director of the Aberdeen Museum of History, holds his copy of the “Emergency Response and Salvage” planning tool from the National Endowment for the Humanities as he watches the fire.
(Kat Bryant | The Daily World) Longtime museum volunteer Becky Carossino comforts Dave Morris, executive director of the Aberdeen Museum of History, during the fire.
(Kat Bryant | The Daily World) Dave Morris, left, executive director of the Aberdeen Museum of History, watches in frustration with Jon Larson, director of the Polson Museum.
(Kat Bryant | The Daily World) A Westport firefighter sprays water from his ladder truck.
(Courtesy Eric Timmons) Ladder trucks from two counties attack the fire at the Armory Building from all sides.
(Louis Krauss | The Daily World) Firefighters discuss their plan at the Armory Building in Aberdeen, which caught on fire early Saturday morning.
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(Kat Bryant | The Daily World) What’s left of the Armory sign
(Kat Bryant | The Daily World) The building entrance is littered with glass and charred bits.
(Kat Bryant | The Daily World) Flames shot out of these upper windows at the northeast corner of the building.
(Kat Bryant | The Daily World) Inspectors look over the damage outside the Armory on Monday.
