Fire ruins interior of Hubbard Lions Club

HUBBARD — There’s a hint of smoke smell, but the exterior of the Hubbard Area Lions Club, 35 N. Main St., looks intact.

Inside is another story. Fire gutted the service organization’s building during a blaze late Thursday morning.

Elmer Takash, who has belonged to the club since the mid-1980s and is on the board of directors, said the organization has been at that location since that time. Ironically, the club had invested about $20,000 in the last few years when it had the front of the building redone in stone, installed new windows and repaired the roof and chimney. That was part of the Hubbard Main Street revitalization. Takash, noting the building had three levels of roofing, said the club had put $4,000 into a second-level roof.

Takash said the fire started when a couple of club members were soldering on a plumbing project.

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