11:20 a.m. Update: Building fire reported in downtown Willmar

By Kelly Boldan

November 15, 2007 at 11:00 PM

Fire and rescue personnel responded to a fire shortly after 10 a.m. Friday in a downtown Willmar building.

Smoke could be viewed coming out of the upstairs apartment area of 402 Litchfield Avenue Southwest.

The 400 block of Litchfield Avenue has been blocked off and one block northward toward the Kandiyohi County Building.

One person has been removed from the scene by an ambulance.

Fire departments from Willmar, Spicer, Pennock, Kandiyohi and Benson responded to the scene.

Further updates will be posted on West Central Tribune Online www.wctrib.com . Read more about the story in the West Central Tribune Saturday.

By Kelly Boldan

Kelly Boldan has been editor of West Central Tribune and Wctrib.com in Willmar, Minnesota, since October 2001. He joined Forum Communications Co. in November 1998 as editor of the Bemidji (Minn.) Pioneer.
Boldan can be reached via email: editor@wctrib.com or telephone: 320-214-4331.

11:20 a.m. Update: Building fire reported in downtown Willmar

Fire and rescue personnel responded to a fire shortly after 10 a.m. Friday in a downtown Willmar building. Smoke could be viewed coming out of the upstairs apartment area of 402 Litchfield Avenue Southwest. The 400 block of Litchfield Avenue has ...