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Fire broken out Saturday at the old Hamashbir Latzarchan building on King George Street in central Jerusalem.
The main part of the building has been empty for a while, but the building’s ‘Off the Wall Comedy Club’ and a yarn store on a lower level have been popular haunts for veteran Jerusalemites.
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The building is also nestled cheek-and-jowl to the Lev Yerushalayim apartment hotel, another long-time ‘de rigeur’ for foreign tourists, including many Americans.
It is not yet clear what started the blaze; however, Israel Police spokesperson Micky Rosenfeld told JewishPress.com there has been no indication the fire was deliberately set.
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