Plainfield fire shuts down Front Street block

A fire in the basement of B&B Beauty Supply in the 100-block of East Front Street shut down traffic in the block for the entire afternoon yesterday.

As of 5 PM Friday, officials still had the block barricaded, meaning the only parking available to shoppers throughout the entire afternoon was in the lots behind the stores on both sides of Front Street, which is also County Road 620 and State Route 28, one of the county's busiest highways.

Though the street was barricaded, a brief survey of the block as I walked up and down both sides and then cut through the Plainfield Produce store (behind which I had parked), revealed the stores to be filled with shoppers. Both parking lots were bustling, and I suspect the few vehicles spotted marooned on Front Street may have belonged to shopkeepers, some of whom are said to take spaces in front of their stores all day long.

Deputy Chief Stew Schmalenberger and Firefighter Bernard Blake outside the Front Street fire.

-- Dan Damon

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