PINKNEYVILLE, IL (WSIL) — News 3 is learning more about a fire that tore through a downtown business in Pinkneyville Friday night.
Crews were on scene well past midnight as they fought to save neighboring structures against the backdrop of extreme winter weather.
“These are all the 13 years of papers we’ve produced here in Perry County, all saved for history, and we’re just trying to preserve them,” says Pinkneyville Press publisher Jeff Egbert as he and his crew were busy packing up their water-and-smoke damaged office, but still entact.
“The silver lining is, the fire department, you had Pinkneyville, Du Quoin, I believe Tamaroa was here, I think Nashville came down, and I can’t imagine what these guys went through last night battling the blaze,” says Egbert.
Temperatures were below zero, complicating…
