Firefighters at campus apartment building

CHAMPAIGN — Six residents were evacuated when fire struck a campus apartment building late Monday morning.

According to a Champaign Fire Department report, firefighters were called to 51-53 E. John St., Champaign, at 11:43 a.m. When they arrived four minutes later, they found smoke coming from the southwest corner of the third floor of the 12-unit apartment building.

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