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The old city hall building burns on the corner of southeast First Street and Dorion Avenue as fi refi ghters from all over Umatilla County battle
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Flames erupt from the roof of the old city hall.
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
A Pendleton fi refi ghter sprays water
into a second-story window of the old
Pendleton city hall after an explosion
rocked the building Tuesday morning.
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1996 when it
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