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By Dian Ver Valen
The Times 

Dayton Home Destroyed by Fire

House on East Commercial Gutted Last Week, Under Investigation

 

Dian Ver Valen

Bill Waltermire's home and car after the July 15 fire.

DAYTON – Investigators from Walla Walla were on scene last week trying to determine the cause of a fire that seriously damaged a home here early last Wednesday.

The house at 119 E. Commercial Ave., owned by longtime Dayton resident George "Bill" Waltermire, was reported ablaze by passers-by just after 1 a.m. on July 15, according to local officials. Waltermire has said he was out at a convenience store when he heard the news, Columbia County Sheriff Rocky Miller said.

The fire, though primarily contained to the east side of the structure, gutted the home and damaged a Corvette parked in...



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