By BECKY KISER
Hays Post

Fire investigators from the Kansas State Fire Marshal’s Office, Hays Police Department and the Hays Fire Department remained on the scene at 3:45 p.m. this afternoon of a Vine Street structure fire that was reported at 12:19 p.m. Wednesday.

Hays emergency dispatchers were alerted to a report of a building fire at C&E Doors, 2004 Vine Street. Six fire trucks and 27 firefighters responded, according to a news release from Hays Fire Chief Gary Brown.

A fire was discovered burning above the ceiling in several rooms inside the business with dark smoke rolling out from under the eaves of the west-facing store front.

Heavy smoke conditions inside the building obscured firefighters’ vision. The interior of the building suffered significant fire and smoke damage. The fire was reported under control about 1 p.m. No one was injured.

Noontime traffic was blocked on Vine Street between 17th and 22nd.

“This fire was promptly reported to 911 dispatchers by the building occupants. This prompt report helped limit the damage to the building,” Brown said in the news release. “Because fires can grow very quickly, your city of Hays firefighters would like to remind everyone to call 911 without delay.”