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Three Le Roy businesses closed rest of the day after bird sparks electrical fire

By Howard B. Owens

From Patrick S. Privatera, president of Le Roy Physical Therapy:

I'm writing to give you an update on our incident this morning. There was a small electrical fire which was sparked by a bird which had built a nest inside an outdoor electrical box housing our service connections. Humphrey Electric is on scene currently making repairs, but Le Roy PT, Village Fitness, and Dollar General will be closed the rest of the day until power can be restored.

We expect to reopen by mid-morning tomorrow. Despite the inconvenience, there were no injuries and things could have been much worse. We're very grateful to Le Roy, Stafford, Pavilion, and Bergen‎ Fire Depts and the Le Roy Police Deptartment for their assistance.  

Previously: Smoke coming from back room at Le Roy's Dollar General store

Ed Hartgrove

Mehmet Murat ildan, the Turkish novelist and playwright, once wrote:

"Birds teach us something very important: To whatever height you rise, you will finally come down to the ground!"

Maybe he should have ended that with, "or be grounded!"

Apr 27, 2016, 5:21pm Permalink

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