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Larry Rowell
Firefighters shoot water into the Goose Creek building in downtown Liberty on Saturday. The candle factory, locally owned and providing 75 jobs, was destroyed by fire.
‘We will rebuild’

 A serene Saturday morning in downtown Liberty was shattered by the scream of sirens as firefighters rushed to save a world-renowned candle factory.

An estimated 100 firefighters from the Casey County’s eight fire departments responded this weekend to a blaze at the Goose Creek Candle Co., on Campbellsville Street, in downtown Liberty.

A Casey County E-911 dispatcher said the fire was first reported at 6:44 a.m. – when smoke was noticed at the local industry.

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