By Dian Ver Valen
The Times
Dayton Home Destroyed by Fire
House on East Commercial Gutted Last Week, Under Investigation
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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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