Dental Patients Got More than a Filling

A small electrical fire at the Michigan Smiles Dental office in Fenton was quickly extinguished Thursday, but rekindled, causing the fire department to close down a block of South Adelaide Street in Fenton.

Jennifer Gregus, a dental assistant at the clinic in the 100 block of Shiawassee Avenue, said an electrician checked out the building after power was lost earlier in the afternoon, but didn’t find any problems, the Flint Journal reports.

After the electrician left, employees began smelling smoke.

“We started smelling smoke, kind of like a campfire,” Gregus said. “Then a patient came in and said there was smoke coming out of our building.”

The staff investigated and found flames in the attic.

Patients were evacuated and the staff put out the fire, which rekindled before the Fenton Fire Department arrived.

Fire Department Lt. Casey Gilbert said the electrical fire shorted out electricity to the entire building. It’s not clear how long the clinic will be closed.