Broad Street Market fire stirs memories of another central Pa. farmers market blaze: photos

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The four-alarm fire on a cold Monday morning in February 1999 left about 60 merchants temporarily out of business and the occupants of six apartments homeless.

in Harrisburg reminded many central Pennsylvania residents of another blaze at a farmers market.

It started in the early morning hours of Feb. 1 and reached four alarms, according to the coverage in the Feb. 2, 1999 edition of the Patriot-News. Firefighters were dispatched to the market at 900 Market St. at 12:48 a.m. after residents on 10th Street spotted the fire, according to the Patriot-News story. With flames shooting an estimated 100 feet into the night sky, the blaze was visible for miles.

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