THIS IS HAPPENING WAY TOO OFTEN AROUND HERE AGAIN

400 residents were evacuated early this morning when fire broke out on Market and Proctor streets. Gretchen Putnam/Staff Photo

400 residents were evacuated early this morning when fire broke out at a former nightclub under rennovations.

Damn, this is starting to look like a hosedragger blog lately. This is the second horrific fire in the city in the last two weeks. This one happened in the sector of the city that I usually patrol. It happened on midnight shift so I wasn't working. It pretty much took out an entire city block. I usually rag on the apparatus polishers (its a friendly rivalry around here) but they are seriously earning their pay the last few weeks.