For 8 hours, firefighters battled blaze that destroyed the only grocery store in Osmond, Nebraska

OSMOND, Neb. — Firefighters were on the scene for about eight hours putting out a grocery store fire Sunday in the heart of Osmond’s downtown.

Osmond Fire Chief Marty Kruse said the call about the blaze, which broke out at Tiger Town Food & Floral Center, came in at 3:11 p.m. Sunday. The three-story brick structure is on a corner and was not open at the time.

Kruse said the grocery store itself is a total loss. There also were several inches of water in the basement of the business located to the south — the Osmond Republican newspaper — along with some smoke smell.

As firefighters arrived, smoke was billowing down the street, but no flames were present.

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