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Visit The Union Now for real time updates. UPDATE at 9:45 a.m.: The Bennett Fire is 73% contained this morning, according to Cal Fire NEU. UPDATE at 7:12 a.m. Thursday: From Nevada County Sheriff’s Office:...

A fire that broke out Tuesday morning appears to have badly damaged a podiatry clinic in Grass Valley, authorities say

John Orona | Staff Writer Janet Peake was working from home when she got a call that her office of 27 years was on fire. “I came.. and just watched it burn,” Peake, a financial consultant, said, her voice quivering. According to Peake, far from receiving minimal damage, Wednesday’s fire that razed a vacant home in downtown Nevada City left the roof of her building — next door to the structure that completely burned — nearly caving in, with a hole in one wall completely exposing her to...

By Liz Kellar and Rebecca ONeil | Staff Writers The cause of an early morning fire that gutted a vacant office building Sunday has not yet been determined, authorities said Monday. The three-alarm fire inside the 15,000-square-foot building drew a multi-county response after it was reported at 4:43 a.m. Sunday, Grass Valley/Nevada City Fire Division Chief Sam Goodspeed said. “The battalion chief on duty pulled the alarms right away, knowing the condition of the building,” Goodspeed said. �...