DAYTON — People will return to work in Downtown on Thursday after an underground fire caused an evacuation.
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As reported Thursday on News Center 7 Daybreak, they went back to work less than day after it happened.
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As reported Wednesday on News Center 7 at 5:00, Dayton Police and Fire responded just before 1 p.m. to the 100 block of South Main Street for reports of smoke and flames.
Smoke rose from the grates on the sidewalk next to the Dayton Convention Center.
A Montgomery County spokesperson said an electrical vault under Main Street caught fire.
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That sent smoke into the Reibold Building, prompting an evacuation order from the Dayton Fire Department.
““We just heard a really loud boom. We had power cut off some of our computers, and then maybe 15 minutes later, they asked us to leave the building and the fire alarm was going off,” said Jenica McGee.
“We were at our desk, heard an explosion, a pretty loud explosion, that knocked our telephones out,” said Nancy Vanover of Vandalia.
Workers returned to work at the Reibold Building Thursday morning.
We will update this story.
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