Скачать или смотреть WATCH | 'Large structure fire' in downtown Kent

3News is on the scene in Portage County after reports of a fire on North Water Street in downtown Kent.

Kent State University issued a "safety alert" advisory at 9:46 a.m. Friday recommending everybody to "please avoid the area" of the fire -- but also noted there "is no threat to the Kent Campus at this time."

Scribbles Coffee is among those posting about the fire on Twitter.

"It's a sad day in Kent today," they tweeted. "We'll be closed for the rest of the day today. Our hearts are with the firefighters who are trying to contain this beast of a fire."

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