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Administrative History
On February 5, 1981, an intense fire near a transformer in the basement of the 
Binghamton 
State Office Building (BSOB) spread soot containing toxic PCBs throughout the entire building. Multiple cleanups of the residue
and complete decontamination procedures were performed on the building which remained closed until October 11, 1994. While
the initial cost of constructing the building in 1972 was $17 million, the cleanup efforts cost $53 million. The BSOB fire
is considered the first indoor environmental disaster.
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