Casper fire engineer Lex Dyer aims an engine-mounted fire hose on to a smoldering pile of woodchips Tuesday morning at the Casper landfill. Two crews of Casper fire trucks were at the scene Monday night when the fire first broke out. Due to the large pile sitting for some time, the wood chips ignited spontaneously. (Tim Kupsick/Star-Tribune)
Clint Conner, left, a Casper Public Utilities employee, helps KC Apartment complex resident Tobias Marcelin, right, move items from his apartment on Friday afternoon. City of Casper employees and members of the Casper Fire Department helped residents move furniture by the 5 p.m. deadline to vacate the building. Photo by Kerry Huller, Star-Tribune
The KC Apartment complex has been a Casper fixture since 1917. The city of Casper has shut down the building after finding extensive fire and structural hazards throughout the complex. (Dan Cepeda, Star-Tribune)
Julie Mabbitt stands outside the KC Apartments on Tuesday morning in downtown Casper. Mabbitt, along with every other tenant in the building, received a 10-day eviction notice from the city of Casper early Tuesday morning. The action follows an inspection that turned up serious fire hazards throughout the building. (Dan Cepeda, Star-Tribune)
Residents at the KC Apartment complex move a mattress during heavy snowfall on Friday afternoon before the 5 p.m. deadline from the city of Casper to vacate the building. Photo by Kerry Huller, Star-Tribune
Bob David, "In Camp at Dinwoody," about 1938. David was spokesman for the Casper Vigilantes during their three-year existence in the early 1930s. The vigilantes formed to protect the city from bank robberies. (courtesy of the David Memorial Collection, Casper College Western History Center)
Tenants move their belongings from the KC Apartments on Oct. 9 after the building was closed by the city of Casper for safety violations. The owner of the apartments has asked the city to lift a 'dangerous building' label to allow him to obtain financing to renovate the complex. (Kerry Huller/Star-Tribune file)
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