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Burlington Street to reopen Monday night in Iowa City
IOWA CITY - After about a week of being closed following Tuesday's Hieronymus Square construction fire, the 100 block of East Burlington Street is set to reopen to vehicles at 8 p.m. Monday.
Crews worked through the week and into the weekend to ensure the street below the structure was safe, according a news release from the city.
A blaze tore through the top two floors of the Hieronymus Square project, a two-tower, seven-story complex with 43 high-end condos in one tower and a Marriott Extended Stay hotel in the other, originally slated to open in August.
The fire started when several cases of subfloor adhesives, which were combustible, came in contact with liquid propane-fueled radiant heater.
The blaze likely caused $1 million in damage and set the project back 60 days.
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Firefighters in Iowa City battle a fire at the Hieronymus Square construction site on March 5, 2019. (Madison Arnold, The Gazette)
Crews work on the last remaining damaged portions of the Hieronymus Square development, a $41 million project at the corner of Burlington and Clinton streets, in Iowa City on Monday, Mar. 11, 2019. A fire on March 5 damaged the third and fourth floors and caused an estimated $1 million in damage. Burlington Street, which has been closed to traffic since the fire as crewed worked on the site, is scheduled to be opened to traffic Monday at 8 p.m. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
Crews work on the last remaining damaged portions of the Hieronymus Square development, a $41 million project at the corner of Burlington and Clinton streets, in Iowa City on Monday, Mar. 11, 2019. A fire on March 5 damaged the third and fourth floors and caused an estimated $1 million in damage. Burlington Street, which has been closed to traffic since the fire as crewed worked on the site, is scheduled to be opened to traffic Monday at 8 p.m. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
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