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Storage shed fire destroys rural Ottawa property · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Storage shed fire destroys rural Ottawa property. Written by Mathas Werner.
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  This article is being read by an automated voice brought
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  to you by Everlett. A fully engulfed storage shed on
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  a rural Ottawa property was destroyed in a fire early
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  this afternoon, with firefighters working to prevent a nearby propane
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  tank from exploding. Seven emergency response vehicles from Ottawa and
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  grand Ridge responded to the fire at twelve thirty five
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  and twenty four hundred First D grand Ridge Volunteer Fire
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  Department Chief Tim Geiger said the department was notified at
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  eleven o three am and arrived at eleven thirteen am.
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  The shed, located on the property of Jim and Nancy
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  Chute and one of their sons, housed lawnmowers, forkliffs, bikes,
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  straw and farm chemicals. Within fifteen minutes of arrival, Geiger
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  said the fire was under control. It was nearly extinguished
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  by twelve forty five PM, and all personnel left the
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  property by one ten PM. One challenge was a propane
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  gas tank located feet from the burning structure. Geiger said
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  the line feeding into the tank had melted and firefighters
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  cooled the tank throughout the blaze to prevent an explosion.
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  Aggressive afternoon winds pushed flames toward two neighboring structures, an
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  identical shed used to house sheep and a larger storage
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  building containing trailers, farm vehicles, pallets, tires, and straw. Neither
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  building ignited, though both sustained flame damage. Nancy Chute said
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  she was unaware of the fire until neighbours the Masons,
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  stopped and alerted her. She recalled a loud pop at
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  around ten fifty am that knocked out power to her television,
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  which she suspects may have been a lightning strike from
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  morning storms. Geiger said the cause remains under investigation but
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  could be electrical. No one was injured. Damage was limited
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  to the main structure, the walls of neighboring buildings, and
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  surrounding debris mm HM