Monessen: Two businesses destroyed by fire

By KRISTIE LINDEN

klinden@yourmvi.com

Two commercial buildings in downtown Monessen are complete losses and one has already been demolished after a massive fire Saturday. Monessen Fire Chief Delmar Hepple said the call came in around 9:10 a.m. for a blaze at the C. Coates Communications and Any-Kind-A-Wear buildings in the 400 block of Donner Avenue. Hepple said he was first on the scene within about 2 minutes.

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