FRYEBURG, Maine — Despite wind-driven fire that razed two wooden structures and damaged six others at the Fryeburg Fairgrounds on Tuesday night, fair officers say that come fall, the show will go on.
Rachel Andrews Damon, who was acting as a spokesperson for the Fryeburg Fair, told the Sun: "We lost two buildings completely, and we have damage to about six others from melted vinyl siding.
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