Fire damages former office building

HARRISON TWP. — Firefighters in Harrison Township worked for several hours on Sunday to extinguish a fire in an unoccupied building that had recently been purchased.

The fire started just before 6:50 p.m. near the intersection of Philadelphia Drive and Markey Road.

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Dave Mangle, Harrison Twp. Fire Department Battalion Chief, told News Center 7 that the fire damaged half of the building.

Mangle said the building had been purchased earlier this year and the owners were in the early stages of renovating the property.

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Harrison Twp. Fire Department was assisted by the Trotwood Fire Department, Clayton Fire Department and Englewood Fire Department.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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