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OTR for Jan. 25, 2013
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Great Bend Fire DepartmentFirefighters made four ambulance runs Tuesday and eight Wednesday.They were dispatched to Casey’s General Store, 2716 10th St., at 1:38 p.m. Tuesday, after a subject spilled 15 gallons of gas by the fuel pumps, but the staff had it cleaned up before the GBFD arrived.At 10:48 a.m. Wednesday, a carbon monoxide check was performed at 3419 18th St. No CO was found.At 1:04 p.m., they extinguished a vehicle fire at 242 North U.S. 281, and at 7:03 p.m. they were dispatched to 5843 Broadway Ave. for an oven fire. The defective oven would not shut off and food was found burning inside it. The fire was put out and the oven was unplugged.