MARYSVILLE — For Oosterwyk’s Dutch Bakery, it was “the fire that wasn’t,” not that passing motorists would have known it from the line of emergency response vehicles parked on the street.
At 2:59 p.m. on Jan. 14, the Marysville Fire District received a report of a commercial structural fire at the bakery, and in response, the fire district dispatched three engines, an aid unit, a battalion unit, a ladder truck and a medical unit.
“They also got the PIO and the Fire Marshal, because we were so close,” said Kristen Thorstenson, public education specialist and public information officer for the Marysville Fire District, speaking on the scene. “It was reported as an electrical fire, and we knew they didn’t have any sprinklers, so the potential for a big fire was high.”
When first responders like Marysville firefighter and paramedic Dan Schwartz arrived on the scene, though, they found only a light smoke showing and a lingering smell in the air.
“It had come from the lighted display case,” Schwartz said. “They may want to test their perishables, but there’s been no other damage that we can see.”
The Marysville Fire District was still investigating the scene as of press time on Jan. 14.