Urbana fire officials canvass apartments to stress safety

URBANA – Firefighters are using different methods to attack the problems of apartment fires.

Fourteen members of the Urbana Fire Rescue Service went door-to-door through the Orchard Downs family-housing complex at the University of Illinois on Saturday.

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