St. Albans Fire Damages Downtown Business

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(Host) A major fire badly damaged a building in downtown St. Albans early this morning and closed much of the downtown.

There were no injuries. Investigators spent the morning and afternoon sifting through rubble to determine the cause.

St. Albans Police Chief Gary Taylor says the fire swept through the Bernard Gage Plumbing and Heating warehouse.

(Taylor) "It was a major fire. Because of the efforts of the firefighters, I think we’re fortunate that no other buildings were lost."

(Host) Several downtown streets, including Main Street, had to be closed to make room for fire trucks and hoses.

Classes were canceled at the city’s high school – Bellows Free Academy – because it’s on Main Street where much of the equipment was organized.

Chief Taylor says a large part of the warehouse was destroyed. The fire was reported before 5 this morning and took several hours to contain.

The blaze was the second in less than a week in downtown St. Albans.

Last Friday, an apartment building on Main Street was badly damaged. No one was injured in that fire, either.

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