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Fire Burns Insurance Office In Downtown Lafayette

LAFAYETTE (BCN) -- Firefighters quickly contained a fire that damaged a business in downtown Lafayette on Monday morning.

The blaze was reported shortly before 6 a.m. at an insurance office in the 3500 block of Wilkinson Lane, where flames were seen coming from a building, according to the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District.

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Scene of fire at an insurance business in Lafayette, November 8, 2021. (Contra Costa Fire Protection District)

No injuries were reported in the fire, which caused extensive damage to the business, fire officials said. A neighboring store sustained smoke damage.

The blaze was contained within 10 minutes.

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