Hand in Hand Restoration destroyed by fire.

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Very sad. A lot of fire history was lost on April 14, 2010.

UPDATE: Antique fire equipment, building destroyed in early morning blaze in Jackson County

By Danielle Quisenberry | Jackson Citizen P...

April 14, 2010, 1:00PM

A charred floor collapsed on horse-drawn hose reels and century-old fire equipment.

Antique lanterns were black from smoke and flames, which disintegrated old fire helmets, and burned written records and photographic negatives of fire trucks from generations ago.

“It’s my worst nightmare,” said Ken Soderbeck, who owns Hand in Hand Restoration, 749 E. South St. in Summit Township, and is one of only a few people in the country who restore and decorate antique fire apparatus.

http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index.ssf/2010/04/antique_fire_equipment_buildin.html