John Dixon
A Champaign firefighter climbs down a ladder after a fire on the roof of the Lincoln Building was extinguished shortly after noon on Friday.
CHAMPAIGN – A downtown fire at the Lincoln Building caused some lunchtime excitement today but little to no damage to the building.
Champaign Fire Department Capt. Lew Smith said the fire broke out when construction work on the sixth floor ignited some fabric.
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