Fire damages McLean Street apartment

Posted on April 17, 2019

mclean street fire — *Bloomington firefighters were called Wednesday evening to put out a fire at this apartment in the 700 block of North McLean Street. (Photo by Howard Packowitz/WJBC)*

By Howard Packowitz

BLOOMINGTON – Bloomington firefighters extinguished a fire Wednesday evening that damaged an apartment on the city’s near east side.

No one was hurt, and Acting Battalion Chief Scott Cheeseman said the fire did not spread to neighboring apartments in the single-story building at 705 N. McLean St.

“We had to shut off the electricity to the apartment, and there’s quite a bit of smoke damage, and a little bit of fire damage,” said Cheeseman.

“So, we’ll probably have to get somebody in there to clean up before he can return to living in there,” Chesseman also said.

An investigator was called to the scene to determine what caused the fire.

Police for a time blocked off McLean Street, between Mulberry and Locust Streets.

Howard Packowitz can be reached at [email protected]

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