OSAGE BEACH FIRE FIGHTERS WERE CALLED TO OSAGE BEACH PREMIUM OUTLET MALL FOR A REPORTED FIRE ON SATURDAY MORNING. ACCORDING TO THE REPORT UNITS WERE CALLED TO BROOKS BROTHERS CLOTHING JUST AFTER 10:30 A.M. AND FOUND AN ELECTRICAL JUNCTION BOX IN THE CEILING THAT HAD SHORTED OUT. THE FIRE WAS OUT ON ARRIVAL, BUT THERE WAS LIGHT SMOKE IN THE BUSINESS. FIREFIGHTERS DISCONNECTED THE POWER TO THE SUITE AND USED FANS TO VENTILATE THE LIGHT SMOKE. NO OTHER BUSINESSES WERE AFFECTED BY THE INCIDENT. THE STORE WAS NOT ALLOWED TO REOPEN UNTIL AN ELECTRICIAN SURVEYED AND REPAIRED THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. OSAGE BEACH FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT UNITS WERE ASSISTED BY LAKE OZARK FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, OSAGE BEACH POLICE AND OSAGE BEACH AMBULANCE. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL SHORT. DAMAGE IS MINIMAL. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.
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