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Warehouse fire briefly closes Center Street bridge in Bloomington

A fire department ladder truck on a bridge with ladder extended to the top of a warehouse building on the right. Firefighters stand to the left of the vehicle.
Bloomington Fire Department
Fire crews battle a warehouse fire Saturday in downtown Bloomington.

A noon hour warehouse fire on Saturday forced the closure of the Center Street bridge in downtown Bloomington for a couple of hours. Firefighters said they contained the flames to the cupola of an elevator shaft.

Because of the size of the four-story warehouse in the 400 block of Madison Street, the fire department called in off-duty crews.

A ladder truck used the Center Street bridge to access the building.

No damage estimate or cause of the fire is yet available.

Charlie Schlenker was a senior reporter at WGLT. He retired in September 2026.