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Associated Press - December 1, 2009 6:24 AM ET
COLUMBIA, Miss. (AP) - Another batch of travel trailers, once used as temporary housing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, is being auctioned this week.
A lot comprised of 407 trailers is up for bid at the Columbia staging area. The auction, overseen by the United States General Services Administration, ends at 6 p.m. Friday. It is the second such auction held at the Columbia site since October. A group of 367 trailers were sold on Oct. 30.
The Pine Belt served as home to five sites where trailers were funneled as needed throughout south Mississippi. As the state recovered from Katrina's devastation, the trailers were returned to the sites and stored.
Starting in late September, The Hattiesburg American reports GSA rotated auctions through all five sites, selling 2,316 trailers.
Information from: The Hattiesburg American, http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com
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