From The Kanabec County Times, September 10, 1936:
A disastrous fire swept through a part of Brook Park village late Wednesday night, the damage being estimated at from ten to twenty thousand dollars. The fire, which started in a shed adjoining the B.J. Kelsey store, on a corner of the main street, spread to the store and wiped out the whole corner, consisting of two places of business and one dwelling house to the south of the store. Three families were made homeless, and although there was time to carry much of the merchandise from the store and the household goods out into the street, breakage and fire caused almost a total loss to the entire contents.
The telephone office, located next door to the store, was wiped out, and the only communication with the village for several days was over the railroad telephone lines.
The fire was discovered about 11:30 p.m. and a call sent out for the fire departments of surrounding villages. The Pine City fire department came and arrived in time to keep the fire from spreading further. The absence of wind helped the fire fighters but the structures, all old frame buildings, burned like matchwood, and sparks for a time threatened the entire village, while buildings across the wide street smoldered and smoked.
The village has no water system or modern fire fighting equipment.
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