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County Market catches fire in Girard

Fri, 08 May 2015 09:24:15 CDT

Girard - A fire destroyed the County Market in Girard on Route 4 on Thursday. It was just a year ago that the County Market opened in Girard; it had been Cherry’s IGA since 1967. According to the State Journal Register the fire began around 3:30 Thursday afternoon as firefighters were on the scene for nearly six hours fighting the blaze. The Girard, Virden, Farmersville-Wagner, Carlinville and Auburn all responded to the fire. Some firefighters were treated for heat exhaustion. No official cause for the fire has been announced but it is believed to have been electrical. Steve Rakers, regional director of operations for County Market owner Niemann Foods, told the State Journal Register the plan is to rebuild the store, which he said could take six to eight months.