MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A southeastern Minnesota bowling alley and restaurant was destroyed by fire on New Year’s Day morning.
Flames ripped through the B & B Olympic Bowl in Preston just after 5:30 a.m. on New Year’s Day.
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Sheriff Tom Kaase said B & B had been a focal point in the town.
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Firefighters found one of the bowling alley’s owners inside and rescued her.
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