Black smoke billowed from a wooded area near Wrangell Avenue about about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday in Petersburg. Petersburg Fire Department responded to a fire where a two-story building, located back in the woods behind a home at 1312 N. Nordic Drive, was in flames. Power and Light workers were on the scene and climbed a nearby electrical pole to work…
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