Fire causes $100,000 damage to Champaign house
By The News-Gazette
Monday July 28, 2008
Robert K. O'Daniell
Firefighters work at putting out the last of the flames on the second story of house Sunday at 509 E. Park St. in Champaign.
CHAMPAIGN – A child using a lighter caused a fire that caused $100,000 damage to a home at 509 E. Park St. on Sunday in Champaign, firefighters said.
Firefighters were called to the home of Gary and Theresa Whitely about 3:23 p.m. When crews arrived, they found heavy flames coming from second-floor windows on the west side of the two-story, wood-frame home, a fire department report said.
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