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OVERLAND. Mo lt;APCleanup operations began Sat urday on the charred sixth floor of the Military Personnel Records Center after the quelling of a fire that destroyed millions of records of former servicemen andwomen.The blaze, which broke out on the top floor of the one-block-by- two-blockbuilding early Thursday,raged until men from 20suburban St Louis fire depart ments brought it under control about noon Friday.Teams of eight to 10 firemenworked in half hour shifts to douse the mass of smoldering debris remaining on the top floor.We'll still be here for prob ably 24 to48 more hours. said an official of the CommunityFire Protection District.which has been coordinating efforts to combat the blaze The center contains about 56 million files on service person nel from all branches. More than 20 million files of pre 1960 Army and Air Force veterans were housed on the sixth floorJeffery P. Hillelson,regional head of the General Services Administration, said a preliminary inspection indicated smoke and waterSee RECORDS, page 2
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Jefferson City News and Tribune
Jefferson City, Missouri, US
Sun, Jul 15, 1973
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