Fire Damage Significant At 178 Smith Street

178 Smith Street back in February 2009

Burning 178 Smith Street building at around 9 AM
photo credit: Joe Calabrese

178 Smith Street on Tuesday afternoon

# 178 Smith Street was never the prettiest house on Smith Street. Clad in yellow aluminum siding, it housed a shoe repair store and a barber shop. At about 9 AM on Tuesday morning, the place went up in flames. The damage is significant. It most probably needs to be torn down.

Judging by the photo of the burning building, the fire started in the shoe repair shop.

By 4 PM, workers were getting ready to secure the burnt building with plywood. A small crowd had gathered across the street, obviously shocked by what they saw. Someone pointed at a bookshelf visible through the third floor window. The flames had left it undamaged.




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