On March 7, 2022, at approximately 6:05 PM, the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a commercial fire alarm at Messer Repair and Fabrications (MRF) located at 42739 County Road 184 in Sauk Centre Township.
Upon arrival deputies observed heavy smoke and flames visible from the roadway and numerous employees attempting to put out flames on an air circulator system inside the shop area. The owner, Nathan Messer, arrived on the scene along with a member of the Sauk Centre Fire Department and began using multiple fire extinguishers to put out the flames. Sauk Centre Fire Department responded and began pulling the source of the fire out of the mechanism to be extinguished outside of the building. Approximately six large air filters were removed and extinguished. Sauk Centre Ambulance was called to the scene to treat employees for inhalation of smoke and fire extinguisher powders.
The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office, Sauk Centre Fire Department, Sauk Centre Police Department and Sauk Centre Ambulance responded to the scene.