(Chillicothe, Mo.) The Chillicothe Fire department received a call from dispatch at 1:46 p.m. today, of smoke in apartment 2625 North Washington in the Timber Villas. They arrived to find light smoke throughout the apartment before finding a transformer on the air conditioning motor had burned out and pushed smoke through the ducts. They disconnected the power to the air conditioning unit and advised the occupant to contact a repairman. There was no damage to the apartment.
Time to change batteries in smoke alarms.