Department Store, Retail Bedford, IN – Sprinkler system helps protect Farm and Home store from fire damage August 4, 2015 viking210 Firefighters were able to extinguish a fire at Orscheln Farm and Home on Ind. 37 within minutes of arriving Sunday afternoon. Firefighters from Marion, Shawswick and Oolitic Volunteer Fire Departments were called to the business at 1:31 p.m. According to Marion VFD Chief Jason Zeeks, the fire started outside on the south side of the building after some paper on plastic stock tanks for water caught on fire. The fire then moved inside the business, setting off the sprinkler system. Zeeks says no one was injured and there was little fire damage done to building, but smoke and water did cause minor damage to some contents of the store. Firefighters from Shawswick and Oolitic VFDs assisted Marion VFD firefighters with cleaning up the water and ventilated the building of smoke. Orscheln was able to re-open for business Sunday afternoon.
