VIDEO: Community members were asked to stay away from the area of Green Street and 3rd Street in Champaign after a fire broke out Thursday afternoon. An Illini Alert was issued around 3:45 p.m. on Thursday. According to the alert, there was a fire at 303 E. Green St., which is the address of a Campustown apartment. Residents were asked to avoid the area. But, just five minutes later, a second Illini Alert notified the campus community that the fire had been extinguished. The alert asked for people to continue avoiding the area to allow emergency crews to clean up the scene.
