Grass Fire Near Sanford Health, N.E. Jmst.

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The Jamestown City Fire Department was called to a grass fire on Thursday (Sept 5, 2013) about 10:09 a.m., in the area behind Sanford Health in Northeast Jamestown.

 City Fire Department Chief Jim Reuther said the cause was a short in an electrical transformer box at ground level, as the fire was being fought with fire extinguishers by staff at Sanford.

 Reuther said a small area of grass was burned, and that the building was not threatened by the fire, and no other damages reported, to other nearby buildings.

An electrical outage was reported in the Sanford building, but other buildings did not appear to have been affected by a power outage. 

Power was restored within a few minutes.

 No injuries with six units and 28 fire fighters remaining on the scene until about 10:30 a.m., until Otter Tail Power crews arrived.