Roads open, cleanup finished at site of downtown fire
By Mike MonsonMeg Thilmony
Friday November 7, 2008
Vanda Bidwell
Firefighters spray water Friday afternoon on the debris from a fire at the Metropolitan Building at Main and Neil streets in downtown Champaign.
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CHAMPAIGN — Neil and Main streets were reopened just after 8:30 p.m. Friday following an early morning fire. No injuries were reported.
Church Street, however, will remain closed between Randolph and Neil streets as a fire crew mans the site overnight.
The Metropolitan Building, located at the southwest corner of Church and Neil streets, was consumed by fire shortly after 5 a.m. Friday and was a total loss. The building, built in the 1870s, was undergoing an extensive renovation.
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