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Fire damages Amish furniture workshop in Palatine

PALATINE — An Amish furniture workshop was badly damaged by a Tuesday night fire, but not before workers were able to remove much of their craftwork by hand, officials said.

The structure fire at 1002 Route 67 was called in by a passerby around 4 p.m. on Tuesday, according to Wayne Ropeter Jr., first assistant for the Ephratah Volunteer Fire Department.

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