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Electrical fire reported in Lehigh

Messenger photo by Bill Shea
Firefighters enter the Riverside Tavern in Lehigh Friday evening to extinguish an electrical fire. Firefighters were dispatched to the tavern at 5:21 p.m. for a report of smoke coming out of the building’s vents. Lehigh Fire Chief Aaron Morris said they found smoke coming from a circuit breaker box. He said they sprayed the breaker box with a dry chemical extinguisher and ventilated smoke from the building. Electricity to the business was shut off. Firefighters from Lehigh and Dayton, Dayton police and Webster County sheriff’s deputies responded.

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