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Fire crews respond to call from Hickory Daily Record

HICKORY — Fire crews responded to a call Wednesday morning of an incident at the Hickory Daily Record.

The fire was contained to the press room, and crews had it extinguished within 30 minutes.

There was smoke throughout the building, which was evacuated. A nearby funeral home let newspaper employees into their building to get of the cold.

Fire crews are expected to be on scene for another couple of hours as they investigate the cause.

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