Medical Lake maintenance shop fire destroys most of city's truck fleet, numerous other items
Photo by John McCallum The remains of the city's 2001 Chevy Silverado 1500 are shown above. Since last Friday, Medical Lake's insurance adjusters have totaled seven Maintenance Department vehicles, leaving city crews with one flatbed truck to perform their duties.
Sometime overnight between Wednesday and Thursday, April 13 –14, a fire destroyed at least one vehicle and damaged several others - possibly beyond repair - in Medical Lake's maintenance shop.
Scott Duncan, the city's maintenance supervisor, said when he arrived at 8 a.m. Thursday morning, something didn't seem right in the office portion of the shop on State Route 902/Lefevre Street. There was a slight burning smell to the air, and other evidence raising questions.
"I noticed some fine dust on things and thought, 'what's this?'" Duncan said.
Duncan began to explore, working his way down the h...
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