Fire at Centre City building downtown affected Holly Days

A fire reported at the Centre City building Friday afternoon in downtown Dayton led to street closures that affected people attending the last day of Holly Days at the Arcade.

A hazmat team and Dayton Fire Department crews responded to a report of a fire inside the long-vacant 21-story office tower at Fourth and Main streets around 2;07 p.m. Dayton Arcade Partners LLC has plans to convert the Centre City building at 40 S. Main St. into 200 apartments.

“The first-arriving unit was on the scene within three minutes and found a moderate amount of smoke coming from a fourth-floor window of a large commercial building that has been vacant for an extended period,” Capt. Brad French for the Dayton Fire Department said.

French said crews entered the building and controlled a small fire found on the fourth floor with completed searches of the structure.

No injuries were reported at the scene.

“The cause of the fire is currently under investigation by the Dayton Fire Department’s Fire Investigations Unit,” French said. “Due to the age of the structure and unknown potential hazards inside, additional decontamination of firefighters exiting the structure was performed as a precaution.”

Dayton crews operated at this incident for approximately four hours.

The following streets are closed:

Main Street between Third and Fifth streets;

Fourth Street between Ludlow and Jefferson streets.

Ludlow Street is clear, and foot traffic can access the entrance to the event at 35 W. Fourth St.

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The entrance to free parking in the Reibold garage at 25 W. Fifth St. is open and accessible.