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Fire Damages Scranton Bar

By: Jayne Ann Bugda
Updated: January 25, 2013
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 Scranton, Lackawanna County-A popular Scranton bar is closed down because of a fire.
  It broke out in "Heil's" on Wheeler Avenue after 9:30 this morning.
 Fire officials say it started accidentally when a maintenance man tried to thaw a frozen pipe with a heating gun.
  The wall caught fire and  spread to the first floor.
  The  building filled with smoke.
  No one was injured, but the Heil's is closed down until an inspector  says its okay to reopen.

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