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HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) - Fire destroyed a historic hotel Friday owned by best-selling novelist Nora Roberts, who was remodeling it to turn it into a literary-themed inn.
The fire also badly damaged two other buildings in downtown Boonsboro but there were no injuries, Deputy State Fire Marshal Joseph Zurolo said. Damage was estimated at $1.5 million, he said.
He said the fire started around 7:30 a.m. in the Boone Hotel, owned by Roberts and her husband, Bruce Wilder. It spread to the two other buildings caused an estimated $1.5 million in damage, Zurolo said.
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