Crime & Safety
Fire Guts Part of F&CS Building on Gougler Avenue
Clinical services agency plans to reopen Kent location by Monday
An early morning fire ripped through a part of the building on Gougler Avenue today.
The fire, which was reported shortly after 6 a.m., caused heavy damage to the northern, upstairs portion of the building.
Mark Frisone, executive director of F&CS, said the agency staff hopes to reopen the building to clients of their mental health and susbtance counseling services by Monday.
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"The building’s large enough that we’ll be able to, as long as we can get in here, keep service disruption to a minimum," Frisone said.
Kent police and fire investigators are investigating the cause of the blaze.
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