EGG HARBOR — A fire Thursday at Main Street Market in Egg Harbor was quickly extinguished without any injuries.
According to a social media post Friday from the grocery, Sam from the store was shoveling snow outside the back door and saw flames on the roof.
He went inside and quickly told everyone to get out and called 911.
Within minutes a sheriff’s deputy arrived and the first firefighters.
The cause of the fire was determined to be the heat tape that is on the roof of the building, according to the post.
Once the breaker was flipped off, the flames were extinguished and no roof shingles caught fire.
Firefighters then went through the compressor room into the truss structure of the roof and found no internal damage to the building – and no smoke damage.
Store staff and customers were calm and understanding, according to the post.
Multiple local fire departments responded to the call.
“We cannot thank them enough. You certainly hope you never need to make that call but we are absolutely grateful to the fantastic response from our local firefighters. We have gotten so many messages and calls from people – thank you for your thoughts and prayers,” the store wrote in its post
