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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, March 18, 1993                   TAG: 9303180109
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-3   EDITION: METRO 
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MOTEL-SITE CLEANUP BEGINS

Construction workers have started cleaning away debris left by a fire at the Holiday Inn-Salem on Feb. 28.

Dick Metz, senior vice president of Krisch Hotels Inc., said the rebuilding of the motel's lobby, restaurant and meeting rooms could begin by mid-April.

Loeb Construction Co. of Roanoke is using bulldozers to clean away the rubble from the closed motel.

Metz said a final settlement has not be reached with the insurance company. He said no firm estimate of the damage has been established.

If construction begins in mid-April, Metz expects it to be completed by mid- or late July.

The hotel burned in the early morning, and it took firefighters 33 minutes to arrive.

A 911 call from a pay phone at the motel was routed to Roanoke dispatchers instead of Roanoke County.

C&P officials have admitted their 911 database contained incorrect information.

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