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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

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 St., 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.

WGLT Senior Reporter Charlie Schlenker has spent more than three award-winning decades in radio. He lives in Normal with his family.