Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
By PAMELA JANSSON
pjansson@yourdailyglobe.com
BESSEMER - One year ago today, an accidental fire destroyed three structures at the Gogebic County Fairgrounds: the 4-H horse barn, the grandstands and a nearby hay barn.
The blaze occurred directly after two additional structures had been demolished: the poultry barn and an old utility trailer.
The fire started within the former grandstands, which were in the process of being demolished by a construction crew cutting supports with a torch that threw sparks into a grandstand wall, thus inflaming it.
As a result of the damage, as well as concerns re...