Wheeling Firefighters Battled Blaze in Center Wheeling

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Around 8:30 p.m. Monday evening, the Wheeling Fire Department responded to a duplex structure fire on 25th Street in Center Wheeling. 

When firefighters arrived, flames were seen coming from the second floor of an apartment. Crews were able to get the fire knocked down quickly, and prevent it from spreading to the neighboring apartment. 

Nobody was home during the time of the incident and there were no injuries.

A cause is unknown and the fire remains under investigation by the department’s Bureau of Fire Investigations.

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