Some of the buildings that were damaged were scheduled to be renovated as part of a downtown economic development project.
Senators unanimously recommended passage of a nepotism ban in local government.
In all more than 40 firefighters and all the trucks from the Bloomington Fire Department were dispatched to the building.
The old Monroe Oil building is along a section of the B-Line trail set to open this year.
Firefighter Scott Davis was the first to die in the line of duty in Muncie since 1955
The Terre Haute City Council voted Thursday to not give raises to the city’s 89 “rank and file” fire fighters.
Kokomo's mayor says he thinks even if the city builds a new fire station, he may not have to re-hire some firefighters he'd earlier laid off.
Members of the Bloomington community gathered Friday to commemorate the tragic events eight years prior.
Mayor Goodnight's decision to lay off 12 firefighters has sparked fierce debate in the community.