VANDALIA — A Montgomery County city is suing the owner of a bar that has been closed since a fire.
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News Center 7 previously reported that on New Year’s Eve 2022, Oscar’s Bar and Grill on North Dixie caught fire.
Early last year, the City of Vandalia declared the building condemned.
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The city is asking a judge to declare the property a public nuisance.
That would give the city control of the property.
“The Property is abandoned, condemned, and in a dilapidated state of disrepair, posing a danger to the general welfare and individuals of the community of City of Vandalia,” the lawsuit states.
Records show it would cost $20,000 to demolish the building.
We will continue to follow this story.
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