Franklin Glassblowing Studio Catches Fire Again

FRANKLIN, TN — For the second time in little more than a year, a nighttime fire broke out at the Franklin Glassblowing Studio on the town square.

Franklin firefighters responded to a fire at the Columbia Avenue business around 11 p.m. Monday. Flames had burned the back of the building. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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In September 2016, 30 firefighters from five different fire stations fought a fire at the studio for nearly four hours. In the earlier blaze, crews arrived at the business around 11 p.m. to find smoke in the attic. The fire eventually spread from the street-level studio up into the second-floor apartment, forcing firefighters to take on the blaze via aerial ladder. One firefighter had to be hospitalized after that incident.

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