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Eight escape motel blaze as smoke sours New Year
Eight wounded by smoke inhalation after a Sunday early morning fire at the Mark Motor Inn on Indiana 109. Damages estimated at 30,000. Fire officials say the blaze started in room 125, likely due to faulty wiring, with guests evacuated from the north wing. Several Hotmer family members from Odessa were hospitalized briefly.
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