Affolder Implement Sales in Berne, IN fire ?
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Topic: Affolder Implement Sales in Berne, IN fire ?
Posted By: Rfdeere
Subject: Affolder Implement Sales in Berne, IN fire ?
Date Posted: 20 Dec 2011 at 7:40pm
Heard their shop burnt last night.
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Posted By: allisdave
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2011 at 9:29am
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http://www.wane.com/dpp/news/crews-battle-flames-at-berne-business - http://www.wane.com/dpp/news/crews-battle-flames-at-berne-business here try this link
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Posted By: ryan(IN)
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2011 at 9:19pm
Yep whole thing gone. Fire wall right before the parts room stopped it from going further.
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Posted By: EPALLIS
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2011 at 9:24pm
Posted By: JohnCO
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2011 at 10:13pm
According to their website, they are MF, Kubota and Bobcat, along with Knight, Sunflower and a few other short lines.
Looks like it was pretty much fully engaged before any units arrived. Was there water close by? Hope they had some insurance.
A neighbor just lost 1000 big bales of alfalfa and the duels, etc on one side of one of his tractors (a JD). Estimates of near $90,000 in loss. Could have been arson, the hay has been there for several months and the weather has been below zero a few nights. Don't know enough about spontaneous combustion to know if it is a possibility. He doesn't have any enemy's that I know of but the land owner might.
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Posted By: JarrodACFan
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2012 at 6:43pm
We were up there a few days afterward. The service dept. was totally gone and the office was severely damaged. The salesman we talked to said that there was 2 inches of water in the showroom floor and when we were there the office smelled so bad that it was hard to breathe. In the salesman's office, he had a notebook laying on his desk. I didn't pay much attention until he picked up his pen and the area under his pen was about 10 shades lighter than the rest of the page! The salesman also said that they are just going to love getting letters from all of the companies saying that they can't sell any of the parts that were in the showroom at the time. After being in the showroom for about 15 minutes, my clothes smelled like i had been sitting over someone's chimney all day.
I will try to post some pics:
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