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Residents help battle rubber plant fire amid spreading flames
Elmer Mays watched flames from 94 North Pleasant Street as Durable Mat Co. and General Elastomer Corp. burned. Neighbors and volunteers aided by rolling hoses, while Norwalk Fire Chief Kenneth Link oversaw four departments and warned the worst was yet to come.
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Jack Brown
Elmer Mays
N. Pleasant St
Durable Mat Co
Durable Mat
General Elastomer Corp
Mays
Dave Ballard
Kenneth Nutter
Elastomer
Gene Reineck
Lee Zickefoose
L.C. Hilson
Red Cross
al Gongas
The
Monroeville
Norwalk
Milan
Perkins
Bellevue
Kenneth Link
Link
George W. Reamer
N. Pleasant Street
Reamer
N. Pleasant