The Gilbert Plains Maintenance Shop had nearly 100% damage in the structure fire yesterday.
Hilton Kilford, Fire Chief explains the scene from the blaze.
“Upon arrival it was heavily involved in fire. The fire was quickly put under control enough that we were able to remove one grader and one backhoe from inside, but one grader didn’t start. So we had to keep fighting hard on the fire to try and save it but went through most of the (fire). We fought (the fire) for almost 9 hours before we headed out.”
Kilford explains how the fire started.
“The fire was started by grinding equipment that was not seen for some time because the crew was out working on a water main break, which limited the water for fighting the fire too.”
A flare up started early this morning again at the shop and fire crews were called out to control the small blaze at 6:30.
No one was injured in the incident.
