Six people were displaced following a fire at a duplex in Mattoon on Wednesday afternoon.
It was 60 years ago, March 29, 1966, when a tragedy involving the Mattoon Fire Department left the community in mourning.
Six people were displaced after their home caught fire in Mattoon Friday morning.
Two people near the scene of the ILMO fire described the event as "terrifying," saying they had never seen anything like it before.
Five additional fire departments helped battle the massive commercial building blaze in Mattoon on Wednesday.
Fire stations were called out to Coles Station near Mattoon Wednesday.
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