INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A multi-story building fire broke out in the city’s downtown area on Saturday night.
Around 9:35 p.m. Saturday, Indianapolis Fire Department firefighters were dispatched to 964 N. Pennsylvania St. on a report of a building alarm going off. That is the location of the Helping Veterans and Families of Indiana, Inc. (HVAF) building, a veterans organization in the city’s downtown area. Fire crews arrived and immediately began battling the fire.
According to the organization’s website , HVAF of Indiana, Inc. works to change veteran homelessness by “providing life-changing, life-saving services such as housing, employment, case management, therapy, and providing essential food, clothing, & hygiene items in our pantry.”
Investigators told News 8 that many veterans who lived in the building were displaced. Most of their belongings were also destroyed in the fire.