Crime & Safety

Building Fire Briefly Shuts Down Waukegan Road: Niles Police

A strip mall blaze on Civic Center Drive on Friday morning was responsible for the closure.

A building fire broke out Friday morning in a strip mall in the 700 block of Civic Center Drive, closing Waukegan Road between Kirk and Harvard streets, according to the Niles Police Department.

The road was reopened to traffic at about 8:30 a.m., but police still reported that fire crews were on the scene.

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