Fire at a Downtown Bloomington Apartment Bldg

Several residents of an apartment building at 301 W. Monroe St. in downtown Bloomington escaped a fire unscathed early Monday afternoon. The Pantagraph reports the residents smelled smoke and called the fire department around 1p.m. The fire appeared to be contained to one apartment on the second floor. The fire was quickly under control  after firefighters got into the apartment . There were no reports of injuries.