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CAT Tracks for October 5, 2011
FIRE DESTROYS K.J. NAP |
From the KFVS TV Channel 12 Website...
Tuesday night Cairo fire under investigation
Posted: Oct 04, 2011 11:12 PM CDT
By Greg Webb
Cairo, IL (KFVS) - The state fire marshal will be in Cairo Wednesday to continue investigating a fire that destroyed a downtown business.
According to Cairo Fire Chief John Meyer, the fire destroyed the building that housed K.J. Nap, a beauty supply store at 225 East 8th Street. The fire also destroyed everything inside the building, Meyer said.
The store, which had been in business around four years, had closed for the day and no one was inside the building at the time.
Meyer said firefighters were notified by passerby, who saw smoke coming from the building shortly before 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Firefighters arrived shortly after and began putting out the blaze.
A cause was not immediately known.
The fire marshal is investigating another fire that struck a downtown Cairo building last week. Firefighters rushed to the old Smith and Groves building at the corner of 8th and Commercial Streets in the early morning hours of Sept. 28, when someone reported seeing the building on fire. The building had been slated for demolition.
CAT Tracks Editor's Note:
NOT your usual downtown Cairo fire...
...not much outward evidence of a fire.
My early morning drive by revealed what the picture above shows. The only outward evidence of something untoward is the piece of plywood nailed over the door.
Updated: Oct 05, 2011 2:26 AM CDT
