Electrical fire shuts down IGA

An electrical fire at Gary & Leo's Fresh Foods at about 2 p.m. has shut down the grocery store for at least a few hours.

Havre Fire Chief Mel Paulson said the fire was rather small and that the problem was contained quickly.

"It looks like a compressor building on the south side of IGA," he said. "It appears they had some sort of a short in there and it caused some heat. A little bit of flame went up and caught the ceiling tiles on fire and melted down some of the plastics in there."

"We were there and had it under control in about five minutes," he added.

Paulson said the fire did not...