An electric box that began arching Monday evening at Schrier Auto Body & Restoration south of Cumberland, ignited sand paper in a cabinet, but the flames were quickly knocked-down by crews from Cumberland and Massena. The incident at 72031 690th Street happened at around 7:45-p.m., as multiple zone alarms went off inside the building, alerting the Cass County Communications Center.
Cumberland Fire Chief Brad Penton told KJAN News some flammable liquids were in the area, but thanks to advance notice from firefighter Jeremy Hardisty, who works at the shop and was responding with the pumper truck, crews knew where the flammables were located. Penton said Corning and Grant Fire were initially paged out for extra manpower and tanker support, but they were cancelled enroute. Penton thanked Massena, Corning and Grant Fire for helping out and being willing to respond.