UPDATE CONTINENTAL, OH (WLIO) - 10 fire departments had to battle the weather and a fire in downtown Continental Friday afternoon. According to the Continental Fire Chief Dean Williamson, just after 12 30 p.m. the fire department was called to the building fire in the 100 block of South Main Street. The building was the home to a business and two apartments. Mutual aid was called in from around Putnam and surrounding counties. The roof collapsed on the structure and all three are total loss. A fire wall kept the fire from spreading to the post office and a neighboring business. There were no injuries to the occupants of the building or to firefighters. The village water tower failed to keep up with demand from the number of powerful pumper trucks, and they had to truck water to the scene. The water in fire trucks kept freezing, and firefighters used the Continental Fire Department and two local businesses to thaw them out, before heading back out to the fire. As of 9'clock Friday night, the firefighters were still on scene. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
CONTINENTAL, OH (WLIO) - Multiple fire departments responded to a fire in downtown Continental this afternoon.
Around 1:30 p.m. on Friday, fire crews from Putnam and surrounding counties were dispatched to a building fire in the 100 block of South Main Street. The building was the home to a business and apartments and is connected to the village's post office. There hasn't been any information released from the fire department if there was anyone in the building when the fire started or what started the fire. As of 5 p.m., there were around 10 fire departments that were on scene.
The Putnam County Sheriff's Office posted on social media at around 5 p.m. asking Continental residents to please limit the use of water this evening due to the fire departments needing it. They ask residents to hold off on doing laundry or any other activities not necessary for the next several hours.
