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The Nashville Fire Department responds to a fire at the Nashville Public Library downtown on June 10, 2025.

 Photo: Ray di Pietro

Nashville Public Library’s main location downtown will remain closed beyond July 29 — the original date eyed for reopening — after the facility suffered damage from an early morning fire that started in an adjacent parking garage in June. 

Library officials said in a press release that a team of restoration experts and engineers advised the library to extend the closure of the downtown location to allow for independent safety verification experts to conduct a review. 

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