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Beaufort business fire investigation shows no foul play

PRE News & Ideas | By George Olsen
Published December 27, 2019 at 5:14 PM EST
Carteret County Emergency Services

CARTERET COUNTY – An investigation into a fire that destroyed the Spouter Inn and Restaurant location in Beaufort on Sunday, Dec. 22 currently shows no evidence of foul play. A press release from Carteret County Government described the building and businesses located at the Front Street address as total losses. In addition to the restaurant and two other businesses, the building contained six apartments that housed eight people. The press release says the area of the fire’s origin has been determined but did not disclose that information pending visits by insurance concerns.
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George Olsen
George Olsen is a 1977 Havelock High School graduate. He received his B.A. in Broadcast Journalism from the University of South Carolina in 1982 where he got his first taste of non-commercial radio working for their student station WUSC. After graduation he worked about five years in commercial radio before coming to work at Public Radio East where he has remained since outside of a nearly 3-year stint as jazz and operations coordinator at WUAL in Tuscaloosa, Alabama in the early 1990s. On his return to eastern North Carolina he hosted classical music for Public Radio East before moving into the Morning Edition host position and now can be heard on All Things Considered. He also hosts and produces The Sound, five hours of Americana, Roots Rock and Contemporary Folk weekday evenings on PRE Public Radio East News & Ideas, and is a news and feature producer for Public Radio East.
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