Information supplied by Jim Beers, Contributing Writer
CHESTER – The Chester Fire Department was kept busy last week with three fire calls in five days:
Thursday Jan. 20
5:44 am
House fire, appears to be upstairs
5:58 am
Re-call: 24 Washington Blvd
Structure fire: all manpower requested
Total loss: cause: undetermined: Chief Marty Bert: still under investigation; possible space heater
Sunday Jan. 23
2:23 pm
Structure fire
1112 Henry Street
2:26 second call
Fire on porch: two juveniles playing with candle . Caught paper on fire. Threw it out the window. Landed on porch. Significant damage to porch.
Monday Jan. 24
9:23 pm
111 Industrial Drive
Gilster’s Cereal Plant
Cereal caught on fire inside oven.
When hot cereal/fire came out the back of oven into plastic bin, fire increased.
Damage to oven and plastic bin .
Water and smoke damage. Messy
Employees evacuated: no injuries
Per Tom Welge, President and Marty Bert, Fire Chief