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Fire department called to garage fire on a busy Saturday

Members of the Estevan Fire Rescue Service had several calls on Saturday, including a garage fire in Benson. Fire chief Dale Feser said the garage, which was detached from the home, was fully engulfed when the fire department arrived on the scene.

Members of the Estevan Fire Rescue Service had several calls on Saturday, including a garage fire in Benson.

Fire chief Dale Feser said the garage, which was detached from the home, was fully engulfed when the fire department arrived on the scene. The fire was threatening the home as well.

“Crews did arrive on scene and established exposure protection control so that there would be no extension of fire to the home itself, which we were successful in, and then contained and supressed the fire in the garage,” said Feser.

A ground fire was contained and kept under control before it affected any other properties. The garage was a total loss.

The fire department was assisted by the Stoughton Fire Department for water supply in this particular incident.

No injuries occurred due to the fire. The cause is still under investigation, but Feser said it’s not believed to be suspicious.

As firefighters were returning to the city, they were called to a report of a power pole arching and causing a fire adjacent to the truck bypass east of the city. After a search of the area, including the substation, they could not detect an electrical or ground fire.

Later in the afternoon, they were dispatched to a restaurant in southeast Estevan for a fire caused by a rooftop heating and air conditioning unit. The unit suffered an electronic fire, so crews went in, isolated the power and suppressed the fire and ensured no other issues were going to occur.

“There was no extension of fire found into the building’s roofline whatsoever,” said Feser. “It was able to be contained to the actual heating and air conditioning unit itself.”

The scene was turned back over to the property managers so they could contact an electrician and fix the electrical issue that was the cause of the fire.