Popular Lake Bloomington Establishment on Fire

Posted on May 9, 2022
Green Gables at Lake Bloomington (Photo courtesy of Mark Embry’s Facebook)

By A.J. Harris

HUDSON – Green Gables Bar and Grill, the popular bar and restaurant is on fire. Reports of the fire started coming in around 3:30 Monday. Initial reports indicated the fire was under control, but as more information was available it appears the blaze spread.

Eye witnesses who were out at the scene spoke with WJBC’s Blake Haas, and said the flames were billowing out of the front of the building and the skies were dark with smoke.

Multiple fire crews are on the scene, including Hudson, Normal, and Towanda.

We will have more on this story as it develops.

A.J. Harris can be reached at [email protected]

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