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CROSSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A huge treehouse built by a Crossville minister has been closed by the state Fire Marshal's Office.

The popular attraction built by Horace Burgess of Crossville as a ministry became an Internet sensation as the Minister's Treehouse.

The Knoxville News Sentinel reported a gate to the parking lot was padlocked by state officials on August 30.

Burgess said he received a certified letter last week ordering him to close the treehouse to the public as a matter of safety. State officials did not return a call to the newspaper when a reporter sought comment.

Burgess said about 1,000 people per week visited his 100-foot-tall treehouse.

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