An electrical issue caused the fire that damaged a North Franklin Street building on Monday night, Capital City Fire/Rescue Fire Marshal Dan Jager said.
The fire began at Barnaby Brewing, a craft brewery that is just shy of its one-year opening anniversary, Jager said. The brewery is located in the basement of the building, which also includes other businesses and six apartment units.
“We have two possible causes dealing with electrical,” Jager said. “It’s either with the wiring in the building or the lighting in the brewing space.”
At 8:31 p.m. Monday, according to a CCFR dispatch, a call came in reporting a fire on North Franklin Street. Jager said the person who called it in believed it was a fire in a dumpster between two buildings. Responders arrived to find flames and large amounts of smoke coming from the building, and called in more trucks and emergency vehicles to assist.