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Official: Unsafe elevator shaft source of fire at Elgin Tower Building

May 12, 2014

"A FIRE BELIEVED TO HAVE STARTED SUNDAY NIGHT IN AN ELEVATOR SHAFT THAT CITY INSPECTORS HAVE DECLARED UNSAFE IN THE PAST DAMAGED THE ELGIN TOWER BUILDING, ACCORDING TO FIRE OFFICIALS. ACCORDING TO AN ELGIN FIRE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN FIRE CREWS WERE DISPATCHED TO THE SCENE AT 7:48 P.M. SUNDAY. NO ONE WAS REPORTED INJURED AS A RESULT OF THE FIRE AT THE DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL BUILDING."

Source: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20140511/news/140519734/
 
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