Parts of museum ‘obliterated’

Parts of museum ‘obliterated’

The catastrophic storm that struck in late October ripped the Southland Fire Service Museum’s rafters into toothpicks and one display case was ‘‘totally obliterated’’. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED Wrapped in a silver bunker coat for protection, Southland Fire Service Museum curator Pete Burdette hunkered down in the kitchen while he listened to the sound of 25 years of history being torn apart during last October’s devastating storm.