Metro-East News

Early morning fire destroys Washington Park business, officials investigating

An early morning fire has destroyed a Washington Park business.

Crews were called to battle the blaze around 5 a.m., the French Village Fire Department posted on Facebook. The fire consumed Salina’s Market grocery store in the 4700 block of Caseyville Avenue, FOX 2 reported.

Police told media that no one was in the store at the time of the fire. French Village Fire Department wrote that no one was injured and that it took at least two hours to fight the fire.

The extent of the damage is not known and the cause of the fire are still under investigation, according to FOX 2.

This story was originally published June 3, 2019 at 2:32 PM.

Hana Muslic
Belleville News-Democrat
Hana Muslic has been a public safety reporter for the Belleville News-Democrat since August 2018, covering everything from crime and courts to accidents, fires and natural disasters. She is a graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s College of Journalism and her previous work can be found in The Lincoln Journal-Star and The Kansas City Star.
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