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By Beacon Journal staff
POSTED: 03:00 p.m. EDT, Jun 17, 2009
NORTON: A business that specializes in merchandise that is too hot to handle went up in flames Wednesday afternoon.
Fire engulfed an adult video store at Barber Road and Interstate 76.
Janie Hines, an employee at Norton Video, said there were five customers inside the store when the fire was discovered around 2 p.m.
‘‘I smelled, like, plastic burning,’’ Hines said.
Hines said at about the same time a customer reported that the corner of the building was on fire.
Fire Chief Mike Schultz said the building is too unstable to begin the investigation into a cause.
‘‘It looks like a total loss,’’ he said.
Schultz said the initial units arrived on scene within four minutes of the call for help.
Firefighters from Copley Township and Barberton assisted in extinguishing the flames.
The store, which is owned by Rondee Kamins, sells adult videos, magazines and novelties.
NORTON: A business that specializes in merchandise that is too hot to handle went up in flames Wednesday afternoon.
Fire engulfed an adult video store at Barber Road and Interstate 76.
Janie Hines, an employee at Norton Video, said there were five customers inside the store when the fire was discovered around 2 p.m.
‘‘I smelled, like, plastic burning,’’ Hines said.
Hines said at about the same time a customer reported that the corner of the building was on fire.
Fire Chief Mike Schultz said the building is too unstable to begin the investigation into a cause.
‘‘It looks like a total loss,’’ he said.
Schultz said the initial units arrived on scene within four minutes of the call for help.
Firefighters from Copley Township and Barberton assisted in extinguishing the flames.
The store, which is owned by Rondee Kamins, sells adult videos, magazines and novelties.
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Akron, OH
Posted 03:11 PM, 06/17/2009
((chucklin')) Now that's funny.
Stow, OH
Posted 03:13 PM, 06/17/2009
Overtaxed Voter: Good one! Thanks for the chuckle.
Tallmadge, OH
Posted 03:20 PM, 06/17/2009
LOL @ Overtaxed Voter
Akron, Oh
Posted 03:27 PM, 06/17/2009
Apparently the movies were too hot.
akron, oh
Posted 03:31 PM, 06/17/2009
wonder if it was started by friction in the viewing booth area?
Posted 03:34 PM, 06/17/2009
Den of Sin, I once heard those booths are where married men go to have anonymous sex.
Posted 03:42 PM, 06/17/2009
Maybe he was chasing Beta for not meeting him for the big fight. hahahahahaha
akron, oh
Posted 03:45 PM, 06/17/2009
how do you know there are booths in those dens of sin Mitch?
akron, oh
Posted 03:45 PM, 06/17/2009
the article didn't mention anything about that...hmm
akron, oh
Posted 03:45 PM, 06/17/2009
secrets you care to share with the rest of us Mitch?
Posted 03:54 PM, 06/17/2009
Not a secret anymore. I had a close friend that worked there and i've actually witnessed him kicking guys out for __ __ __ __ ing if wives only knew what their husbands did there not around they would go crazy.
Posted 04:01 PM, 06/17/2009
OTV - you should go on Last Comic Standing - that was too funny!
Cuyahoga Falls, Oh
Posted 04:08 PM, 06/17/2009
OH NO!! no more wednesday trips for ladies night to get birthday gifts. Oh Well there are enough stores around. LOL!!!
Copley, OH
Posted 04:18 PM, 06/17/2009
Barbertucky just lost a Historical Monument.....And you all laugh........PFFFFT
Akron, Oh
Posted 04:19 PM, 06/17/2009
Good one overtaxed :) :)
Akron, Oh
Posted 04:29 PM, 06/17/2009
Very funny overtaxed
Posted 04:37 PM, 06/17/2009
This HAS to be the Mayors fault. We should recall him.
Posted 04:45 PM, 06/17/2009
Copleyfan, this happened in Norton, not Barberton. The Barberton adult book store on 5th street is still alive and well.
AKRON, OH
Posted 05:10 PM, 06/17/2009
GOOD RIDDANCE
Wadsworth, OH
Posted 05:32 PM, 06/17/2009
Rumor has it that the fire was started by friction...
Hudson, Oh
Posted 05:46 PM, 06/17/2009
It is HARD to believe someplace so "sticky" could catch fire!
Anti-Politically Correct & Anti-GOP, OH
Posted 07:16 PM, 06/17/2009
I'm surprised anything is burning with all the rain we've had all day.
Akron, Oh
Posted 07:33 PM, 06/17/2009
rodger that spd3333,
is it out yet?
I'm looking forward to the fire sale.
Akron, Oh
Posted 07:36 PM, 06/17/2009
No honey, it isn't used.
That there discoloration is cuz I got it at da fire sale.
Posted 08:33 PM, 06/17/2009
No more places for the school bus to stop at. :(
Posted 08:54 PM, 06/17/2009
That had to be some kind of fire, things vibrating, dolls poping, lube running all over the place, better call for back up.
tallmadge, OH
Posted 10:04 PM, 06/17/2009
Wow........now I have no place to take my date.
Posted 10:14 PM, 06/17/2009
Its nice to see the Beacon reporting good news for once.
Posted 10:46 PM, 06/17/2009
Great now more HARD working people out of jobs
barberton, OH
Posted 10:50 PM, 06/17/2009
Anyone wanna bet the fire was started by one of the Huff & Puff brothers or maybe the silent partner Tom Dunn? Rumor has it they need to expand their business and wanted that lot.
......, Oh
Posted 11:00 PM, 06/17/2009
Lmao@Princess6969
Every time my friend Deb "RIP", and I would walk in that store, we would always look around to see if there were any other ladies in there doing the same thing we were. All we could here was snickering, and giggles. Those were the days!
Posted 03:26 AM, 06/18/2009
i bet the insurance was paid up :)
Norka, Oh
Posted 07:34 AM, 06/18/2009
The 5 customers inside worked feverishly to beat off the flames....
Akron, Oh
Posted 07:52 AM, 06/18/2009
What a loss to Norton's economy!
Akron, OH
Posted 07:57 AM, 06/18/2009
well i wonder why it smelled like plastic...hmmm plastic dvds, tapes, packages....toys...who knows what eles!
uniontown, oh
Posted 07:59 AM, 06/18/2009
Looking at the ABJ picture they posted there appears to be an ooze running off the fire gutted building - hummmm
Wonder how much toxic fumes were released into the air. I sure hope the firefighters had gloves and protective clothing on as they entered that slime pit.
AKRON, OH
Posted 08:10 AM, 06/18/2009
What's that fireman REALLY looking at?
Canton, OH
Posted 08:43 AM, 06/18/2009
Where will the Fred Martin salesmen go now for their break ????
Norton, Oh
Posted 08:47 AM, 06/18/2009
I guess norton will want to reduce the income tax credit even more to compensate. By-the-way.....what is that white stuff oozing out of the building?
Akron, OH
Posted 09:00 AM, 06/18/2009
If any local politicians turn up with burns, we know where they were!
Akron, Oh
Posted 09:07 AM, 06/18/2009
This is a sad day.......everytime my family comes to visit as they pass that big sign they smile and say"ahhhhhh, Akron"
Posted 09:11 AM, 06/18/2009
Judging by that picture the walls on the outside are are more closely matching the walls on the inside.
akron, oh
Posted 09:18 AM, 06/18/2009
"It's Getting Hot in Here". (hehehehe)
Akron, OH
Posted 09:21 AM, 06/18/2009
So, evidently Bobble got his panties in a knot over OV's little joke and had the Leakin' Beacon pull his comment. Hey, OV, come over to topix.com and post it so the late-comers can enjoy it.
Sagamore Hills, OH
Posted 09:30 AM, 06/18/2009
Old Man Grump is going to need to find a new place to hang out.
Stow, oh
Posted 09:34 AM, 06/18/2009
TruthPatrol
Akron, OH
Posted 09:21 AM, 06/18/2009 So, evidently Bobble got his panties in a knot over OV's little joke and had the Leakin' Beacon pull his comment. Hey, OV, come over to topix.com and post it so the late-comers can enjoy it.
Or someone else who read it before it was pulled, post it for me (a late (ahem) comer); I'd like to laugh as well.
Akron, OH
Posted 10:01 AM, 06/18/2009
@TruthPatrol - I disagree. Dyer can take a joke, and that one wasn't bad enough to hurt his feelin's. I'm sure he saw the humor in it.
Most likely, it was the Huff brothers who raised a stink, and got the joke pulled, or the ABJ pulled it before they got all in a ((chucklin')) huff about it.
Posted 10:12 AM, 06/18/2009
I know that it is not a popular place with many people, however unsavory it may be to some the fact of the matter is that there are just more jobs lost and taxes that will not be collected. Den of sin it may be but it did bring in revenue.
That said, I bet that thing went up like a roman candle. All of those synthetic materials and paper, I bet it burned like napalm.
Rootstown, Oh
Posted 10:13 AM, 06/18/2009
I don't know which is the worst business in the community...the adult store or the car dealer across the street.
wadsworth, oh
Posted 10:54 AM, 06/18/2009
@slovensko
hahaah thats great. good one :)
Posted 11:04 AM, 06/18/2009
this makes me so happy! :D
Wadsworth, Oh
Posted 11:23 AM, 06/18/2009
I guess all that "wallpaper paste" being flung around did not extinguish the flames?
Walnut Creek, Oh
Posted 11:37 AM, 06/18/2009
Rico......that was too funny!!! I was wondering if everyone had time to put their clothes back on
Akron, OH
Posted 11:48 AM, 06/18/2009
Now where am I gonna take my girlfriend on a date?
akron, oh
Posted 11:52 AM, 06/18/2009
WOW who whould have guessed that an adult video store would smell like plastic if it caught on fire
Ravenna, OH
Posted 11:53 AM, 06/18/2009
Never called it "damage" before but that firefighter is certainly allowed to look at it.
Barberton, OH
Posted 12:11 PM, 06/18/2009
Sure hope they don't rebuild it. I'd love to see that horrible ugly Adult sign on 76 at Barber Road disappear.
Ravenna, OH
Posted 12:28 PM, 06/18/2009
Now where are Fred Martin's employees suppose to go during lunch?
Uniontown, oh
Posted 12:31 PM, 06/18/2009
we had a pretty good lightning storm on this side of town yesterday. My guess is GOD SPEAKS.
Akron, OH
Posted 12:35 PM, 06/18/2009
See what happens when you don't use proper lubrication!
Akron, OH
Posted 12:38 PM, 06/18/2009
Where do you think the Barberton marriage counselors sent their clients?
Spencer's NC-17 inventory won't cut it and those poor families will be in ruins!
NE, Oh
Posted 01:11 PM, 06/18/2009
Rondee? wtf kinda name is that?
NE, Oh
Posted 01:15 PM, 06/18/2009
OMG @ Gerard!!! LMAO!!!!!! :DDDDD
Akron, OH
Posted 01:40 PM, 06/18/2009
@whackamole good point. There has never been a strip club or adult store that has not burned down, at least ONCE.
WADSWORTH, OH
Posted 02:52 PM, 06/18/2009
fire in the hole !!!
WADSWORTH, OH
Posted 02:56 PM, 06/18/2009
fire in the hole !!
Posted 03:41 PM, 06/18/2009
MAYBE SOME GUYS WIFE FOUND OUT HE WAS IN THE STORE DOING YOU KNOW WHAT AND GOT MAD AND THREW A MATCH OR 2 LOL
Posted 03:42 PM, 06/18/2009
fire in alots of holes billy bob some real some not haha
barberton, oh
Posted 04:23 PM, 06/18/2009
THANK GOD ITS GONE
akron, oh
Posted 05:24 PM, 06/18/2009
Good! One less temptation for our kids to wonder about. Let them all burn!!! Looks like this store got sent to a early hell! It was nothing but a pervert paradise anyway.
akron, oh
Posted 07:03 PM, 06/18/2009
racy hatews to see national monuments destroyed.we heard the firemen poured gas on it to help put it (the building)OUT teehee racy make joke(!!)
Akron, OH
Posted 09:38 PM, 06/18/2009
all of norton could catch on fire and nobody would care.
Anti-Politically Correct & Anti-GOP, OH
Posted 09:40 PM, 06/18/2009
Too bad the flames didn't jump the street and catch Fred Martin's place on fire.
Barberton, Oh
Posted 10:22 PM, 06/18/2009
This isn't funny, my blow up girlfriend was in that fire lol.
Akron, oh
Posted 10:38 PM, 06/18/2009
I bet that white stuff oozed from the Firemens hoses?
medina, oh
Posted 10:43 PM, 06/18/2009
is it true the car guys are in the burn unit at Barbertucky Citizens? I heard their stick shifts were afire!
barberton, oh
Posted 11:33 PM, 06/18/2009
nobody has mentioned that this place has already caught on fire before!!! HHMMMMMM!!! Isnt that weird?
My Heart Is In K-Town, .
Posted 06:35 AM, 06/19/2009
Drove past there yesterday...they be closed. Pretty gutted building...they won't be opening soon...Fred Martin will be making them an offer they can't refuse.
Geneva, Oh
Posted 07:09 AM, 06/19/2009
All you right wing, radical, conservative, moral minority, religious zealots should be happy that the wrath of god came down on this den of iniquity and destroyed a legitimate tax paying business, increasing the unemplyment in the state, eliminating the taxes used for education and civil services, and endangered the lives of the customers and employees of the store. Perhaps now we can find a store-front preacher to build here and collect tax free donations to line his pockets and preach hate and anti-constitutional dribble to the backwoods morons in this state. Wake up, America, your rights are being taken away one-by-one while you sit by and absorb the rhetoric of the ruling class.
Uniontown, OH
Posted 08:31 AM, 06/19/2009
Neighborgabor have fun in H###! What an idiot!
U, OH
Posted 10:44 AM, 06/19/2009
I'd be curious to know if this was arson. There's some right-wing, anti-choice groups out there who are against these kind of businesses & may have intentionally done this.
akron, oh
Posted 11:05 AM, 06/19/2009
I HEARD IT WAS STARTED BY TWO GREASY BARBERTON HILL BILLIES RUBBING THEIR STICKS TOGETHER AND THE FRICTION FROM ANOTHER ONE'S RIGHT HAND..
Akron, Oh
Posted 11:14 AM, 06/19/2009
@ Neighborgabor, put down the Crack pipe..
not all of us religious zealots..
are happy that this place burned down..
we are sad that you don't have a place
to go to worship.. well sort of..
Barberton, Oh
Posted 11:39 AM, 06/19/2009
@empowerment1 Maybe it was two akron rednecks that post fragmented sentences that make no sense. You say all these things about people from Barberton , but please be educated enough to revise comments that make no sense. That is the lamest analogy that i have ever seen, and the ending made no sense.
akron, oh
Posted 01:08 PM, 06/19/2009
the car guy's: we know arson!!!
akron, OH
Posted 02:49 PM, 06/19/2009
norton barberton whats the difference its still west virginia to me
Akron, OH
Posted 03:24 PM, 06/19/2009
@WLFN HA!!
