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TopLine Shirt Co.

TopLine Shirt Co. to close briefly for renovations

By Billie Owens

TopLine Shirt Company will be shutting its doors temporarily. It will be restructuring, expanding to offer more single quantity items and renovating the store.

TopLine will close as of Friday, April 30, but will finish the production on any pending orders. The renovations and restructuring are expected to take about two weeks. For questions you may contact TopLine at 219-4311.

Downtown business recovering from small fire last week

By Howard B. Owens

A fire on Thursday caused $5,000 in damage and disrupted business for TopLine Shirt Co. But owners Tim Walton and Rob Credi say normal operations will resume on Monday.

Here's their full statement:

TopLine Shirt Co. is set to resume their normal business hours of M-F from 12-5 p.m. starting Monday, Oct. 25 after cleaning up from a recent fire. TopLine had been operating on limited operating hours since a fire occurred at the shop last week.

The fire started around 6:30 on Thursday night when one of the flash ovens malfunctioned and caught fire. The flash oven is a dryer similar to a large heat gun that radiates heat downward to dry ink onto shirts after they are printed.

The fire quickly spread from the dryer and spread to shirts that were on a nearby table, and eventually to a box of cleaning rags that had cleaning chemicals on them. The fire was kept under control, by owner Timothy Walton, who was able to grab a hose that was connected to the washtub in the nearby bathroom and spray it to keep the fire down.

The total damage is estimated to be around $5,000 which includes the loss of an oven, table, heat press and clothing.

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