1899 Urbana home burns in early morning fire
By Steve Bauer
Wednesday May 7, 2008
Vanda Bidwell
Firefighters work on a fire at 412 W. Elm St. in Urbana early Wednesday morning. The fire started on the porch, and some sort of electrical problem with a porch ight is suspected as the cause.
URBANA – Brian Adams smelled smoke but didn't immediately realize it was coming from his house in Urbana.
"I got up this morning and I could smell smoke," Adams said. "The windows were open and I thought maybe something was burning outside the house. I came down the stairs and it was very thick smoke, so I called the fire department immediately."
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