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Lightning started fire.

Publication: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
Publication Date: 28-FEB-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Lightning started fire.(News)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Jake Griffin jgriffin@dailyherald.com

Investigators believe a four-alarm fire that destroyed the 86-year-old clubhouse at Oak Meadows Golf Course in Addison was sparked by a lightning strike.

No one was injured in the Thursday night blaze that DuPage County Forest Preserve officials estimate caused roughly $3 million damage. Oak Meadows is one of three golf courses operated by the forest preserve and the first one it purchased.

"ItAEs really a tragedy we lost a historical building out here," forest preserve President Dewey Pierotti said. "We certainly plan to build a new facility on the site that will enable us...



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