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Three Hot Springs Businesses Destroyed By Fire

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HOT SPRINGS, S.D. (AP) — The mayor of a small southwestern South Dakota community says three businesses in the city’s downtown historic district have been lost in a fire. Hot Springs Mayor George Kotti says the Vault restaurant, China Buffet and Heartsong Quilts were burned in the massive fire. Officials say the fire began in the Vault restaurant about 8:30 p.m. Kotti says some apartments attached to the quilt shop also burned, but no one was injured in the blaze. The businesses with sandstone facades are in the city’s historic district.

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