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tv / •r Lr* * 4-' the forms that we fUled out were all that was necessary in order to complete the burning of th»^ home. The burning of the home actually commenced on the 13th of April, 1991. Prior to that time, it was our understanding that the City of Long I-ake Fire Department had told the City of Orono of the practice exerdse and had informed the City of the date the burning would occur. It is further our understanding that one of our contractors on our new home being constructed ri^t next door to the old residence, Mr. Bruce Yerigan, had actually taken the Qty of Orono Building Inspectors through the old dwelling house prior to the fire to show them^ what it was like. Prior to the April 13 date, our family conducted salvage operations from the home as did the City of Long Lake Fire Department. It seems to us that there could have been no more obvious indication of what was to happen to the building, and the Orono Building Inspectors themselves had ample knowledge even in advance of the date of the fire that the building was going to be burned down and obviously demolished. Again, our representarives were assured by the Fire Department that all the necessary papers had been prepared for this activity. After the burning occurred on the 13th of April, we are all aware that the rains commenced and nothing could be done further until heavy equipment could be brought onto the site which was done on May 9,1991. During that peri^ of time the Oty of Orono Building Inspectors had been visiting the new construrton site on a regular basis, and the standing chimneys and the old dwelling foundation were piai^y visible from the new house site. Our contractor was not informed of the need for any permits from the City of Orono in connection with the old dwelling chimneys and foimdation. We asked our contractor who is building our new house for us on Lot 2, Block 1 to obtain the necessary subcontracting work to properly complete the demolition of the dwelling house from the property. Prior to the completion of this phase of the work, the well that was formerly on the property was cemented in and capped by an authorized well contractor. The certificate witli respect to that well dmtog was filed with the Stale of Minnesota. The basement of the dwelling house was inspected for die presence of oil tanks. There were no oil tanks in the basement of the dwelling house. The dwelling house was originally coal fired, but switched over to natural gas, and therefore no tanks were required. After the fire had done its work, the only thiiig that remained on the site of the dwelling house was the cement floor, the poured concrete walls and several brick fireplaces which had not burned. On the 9th of May, the day the load restrictions went off the Orono roads, our building contractor brought in GL Contracting, Inc. who did all the earth work in connection %vith our new house. On that day and shortly thereafter, the chimneys were knocked do%vn and deposited in the basement excavation and a large frost %vrecking ball was used to crack the poured cement basement walls so that they could be deposited on the basement slab. In addition, the roadways and parking areas around the dwelling house wer icked up and put into the basement cavity of the dwelling house and the wrecking .11 was used to pulverize the rock so that it .J