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Sprinkler on old Georgia Chair roof likely ‘saved this business’ after fire
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Crews work Dec. 22, 2021, at the site of a fire at The Chair Factory in midtown Gainesville. - photo by Nick Watson
Gainesville Fire Department personnel are investigating a commercial fire at the old Georgia Chair complex that houses a cooperage and The Chair Factory event space. The fire affected the Gainesville Cooperage, which crafts barrels used by wineries, distilleries and breweries locally and throughout the U.S.