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Mar 20, 2009 9:45 am US/Central

'Sandbag Central' Open In Fargo

FARGO, N.D. (WCCO) ― The first volunteers are hard at work at 'Sandbag Central' in Fargo.

A city bus carrying members of the Fargo South baseball team arrived just after eight o'clock this morning.

Most say it's their first time sandbagging. But they're in shape and they think they can get the job done.

Two machines are being used to fill 5,000 sandbags an hour.

Fargo officials figure the city will need about one-and-a-half million sandbags to protect it against the rising Red River.

About four dozen firefighters also arrived this morning at Sandbag Central to help.

Volunteer efforts will go from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., today. A 24-hour operation kicks in tomorrow.

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