GIBBON, Neb. (AP) — The city maintenance building in Gibbon is a total loss after a fire started in a pickup and spread.
City Administrator Chris Rector in the city of 1,800 people says the building was reported in flames at 9:20 p.m. Tuesday. The fire was extinguished about four hours later.
Awire in the engine compartment in one of the city pickups is the suspected cause.
Rector says four pickups, a street sweeper, and the city’s front end loader was a total loss.
A road grader and a dump truck also have extensive damage and could also be totaled.
Rector said the building is also likely a total loss. He estimates damage from $400,000 to $500,000.