Capital City Fire/Rescue responded Wednesday night to a smoke alarm in the State Office Building downtown triggered by an overworked electrical outlet.
CCFR Fire Marshal Dan Jager said in a phone interview Thursday that emergency crews searched the ninth floor of the building and found a microwave and refrigerator plugged into a single power strip, which was most likely the cause of some smoke and an odor of fire.
“Just unplugging everything,” was the solution, Jager said.
All CCFR stations responded to the incident, with 21 CCFR personnel in total either working the scene or standing by as backup at stations across town, Jager said.
“A building that size … it takes a lot of people to respond,” Jager said. He described the situation overall as “relatively minor.”
There was no other damage to the floor. Jager said a maintenance worker for the building was alerted to the situation and will follow up with the electrical issue.
