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Sheriff: Fire at Storage Facility Causes Extensive Damage
ST. JOSEPH -- A fire at a storage unit facility in St. Joseph has left several units damaged.
Stearns County Sheriff Don Gudmundson says the blaze started Tuesday just before 11:00 a.m. at Ridgewood Self Storage at 8806 Ridgewood Court. Smoke was coming from one of the units.
Gudmundson says the unit's renter 53-year-old Chris Johnson of St. Joseph was cleaning some camping equipment with a flammable solvent accidentally start the fire. The owner of the unit is 77-year-old Allan Stellmach of St. Joesph.
The blaze caused extensive damage to at least three units and damaged several others. No one was hurt.
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