WASHINGTON, Ill. – A city-owned building in Washington can be repaired after a fire earlier this month.
On February 9th, a building shared by the city’s public works and police departments caught on fire. No one was injured in the fire.
Public Works Director Brian Rittenhouse told city council members at Monday’s meeting the building is not a total loss. He says a street sweeper and a truck were deemed total losses, while two cemetery mowers and an asphalt roller sustained damage. The city will look into leasing or renting a street sweeper.
Rittenhouse says the cause of the fire is still being investigated.
“State Fire Marshal did an investigation day of. Selective, our insurance carrier. They also hired an independent investigator, so those reports are still being completed,” Rittenhouse said.
The police department side of the building stored evidence. Police Chief Mike McCoy says the evidence did not suffer fire damage, but did not escape unscathed.
“There was a little bit of water, there’s a lot of smoke damage, so all of the evidence has to be reboxed, and fixed up, and moved,” McCoy said.
McCoy says the department has found a temporary location to store the evidence, and will need to purchase shelving and 460 new boxes for the transfer.
The city plans to build a new building to store evidence in.
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