GREAT BEND – Fire officials are investigating the cause of a fire downtown Great Bend Sunday afternoon.

Firefighters responded to a building in the 1300 Block Kansas Avenue.

The building has been closed since it was condemned by the City of Great Bend as an unsafe structure. something that Great Bend Fire Department Battalion Commander Eugene Perkins says was on the mind of fire fighters.

Perkins says there were no injuries since no one was in the building at the time of the fire.

An investigation will take place since there was no electricity or gas connected to the structure.

No damage estimate has been made at this time.

Last week, the Great Bend City Council was informed that the two owners of the building had taken the proper steps to have the building repaired. Those plans have been put on hold thanks to the Sunday blaze.