WILLIAMSPORT, Md. (WJLA) – A liquor store in Williamsport, Maryland caught fire Monday morning.
The five-alarm fire is being battled by firefighters at a historic building that now houses the liquor store and apartments near the intersection of Conococheague and Potomac streets.
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Black smoke was rolling through the area and could be seen from East Potomac Street from the off ramp of Interstate 81.
Smoke was coming from all three floors of the building housing L&J Liquors at 8:10 a.m.
Town resident and historian Joan Knode said the building dates back to the Civil War,the Herald-Mail reported.
The liquor store in the building at 1 W. Potomac St. previously was Wolfe’s on the Square. Wolfe’s opened as a lunch counter in 1921.
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