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June 12th, 2007 By Justin Williams

Breaking: Fire in Downtown Evansville

There’s a rather large fire blazing downtown right now at an abandoned apartment building on Third and Court.

Channel 14 has live video and photos. Check it out.

Update: Fire is out. Courier & Press has photos. We did an In Focus piece on the building that burnt a few weeks ago.

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Midgetqueen

June 12, 2007 @ 02:37PM

Is that Sesame Street? Shame. That was a neat building before it got that boarded-up, condemned look. I had my first Breathalyzer there. lol

Justin Williams

June 12, 2007 @ 03:04PM

I’m not sure. I don’t have my camera with me today, so I wasn’t able to drive around and see. I’ll check it out on the way home.

Jenna

June 12, 2007 @ 08:35PM

OH NO! Not my buildings!!!

My future home is now gone :’(

*cries* sad day sad sad sad day :’(

Josh

June 12, 2007 @ 11:25PM

Sesame Street, AKA that alley behind Pearl Laundry? :)

We spent far too much time watching the smoke and flames from the fire today…we’re on the second floor and right in view of the buildings, so that helped.

Jenna

June 13, 2007 @ 03:39PM

I’m still sad about my buildings

Janet

June 13, 2007 @ 10:43PM

Sorry guys don’t wanna be a buzz kill but…I don’t know much bout the “building” but what I do know, “Sesame Street” is notorious for being a “DRUG” house. Do we really need another one in this city? Not saying I’m a Saint by any means but there won’t be a love loss here. When we walk out of work @ night time & you see the cops removing ppl that shouldn’t be in there nightly there is a problem. If the owners of that building didn’t take action when the drugs were ran in & out of there, or boarding up so that no one can enter without a key the proper way the blame is on them. I’m sorry for anyone that sustained a loss but, someone needed to step up to the plate and take responsibility. It really stinks that it ended like this. The city of Evansville is a safer place.

Jenna

June 14, 2007 @ 01:09AM

No, if it were a drug house and is gone, I mean that’s a good loss.

But those could have been renovated beautifully into really nice apartments/lofts—and I would’ve jumped at that opportunity! I wish they had done that before they got to this point…