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Fire Destroys Wausau Apartment Complex
Submitted: 10/08/2012
WAUSAU - Residents of a Wausau apartment building are safe, but without a home.
A fire on the west side of Wausau destroyed the 8 unit complex.
Wausau fire officials say the building is a total loss.
The residents of Tamarack Heights got out safely after the fire started around 11 p.m. Sunday.
The fire appears to have spread quickly and caused the roof to collapse.
Several tenants said they lost everything in the fire.
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