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« Teens in Glocester car crash identified | Today | Post-dance stomach bug spurs Health Dept. warning » April 3, 2006Fire damages former Masonic temple in BurrillvilleBURRILLVILLE -- Fire crews spent much of the afternoon battling a three-alarm fire that damaged a former Masonic temple on Chapel Street today. The building's owner, Guy Lima, had spent much of the winter converting the old temple into apartments. No one was hurt in the afternoon blaze reported at about 2:15 p.m., but it snarled traffic and caused power outages to many area residents. Fire officials are investigating the cause of the fire, which began in the attic, but do not believe it to be suspicious. -- With reports by Journal staff writer Talia Buford The building was fully insured, Lima said in an afternoon interview, but he’d already invested between $80,000 and $100,000 into construction. He planned to convert the building into two floors of apartments, with a business space on the bottom floor, he said. The building can be salvaged, Lima said, but the blaze set back the construction process indefinitely. -- With reports by Journal staff writer Talia Buford
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