Bad Luck Strikes Twice At Robins FCUBranch

February 20, 2006, 1:00 a.m. EST 1 Min Read

FORT VALLEY, Ga. - (02/20/06) Officials of Robins FCU weresifting through the rubble this weekend at the credit unionsbranch here after a fire decimated the structurethe samebranch that was destroyed by a tornado last summer. Investigatorswere on the scene last weekend to determine a cause of the blaze.The branch was hit last August 29 by a tornado, spun off of a stormsystem created by Hurricane Katrina. The credit union was in theprocess of rebuilding the structure last week when it caught firein mid-afternoon on Friday.

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