ROCHELLE — There were no injuries or significant damage after the Rochelle Fire Department responded to an electrical issue at the BP station in Rochelle on Sunday evening, RFD Chief Dave Sawlsville said. 

RFD and the Ogle-Lee Fire Protection District stations of Creston, Hillcrest, Steward and Flagg Center were called to 1180 N. 7th St. at 5:43 p.m. on Sunday for a report of smoke coming out vents in the awning over the gas pumps. 

“There was some electrical shorting out up there,” Sawlsville said. “We couldn’t isolate the issue, so they had to close. There wasn’t much fire. There was just a lot of smoke. We were on scene for about an hour in an effort to find the issue and keep the place open. We were unable to find it and they had to close until they could get it fixed the next day.”

Sawlsville said a lot of response was seen Sunday in case of the small electrical fire becoming a larger issue. 

“A fire at a gas station obviously is something that makes us nervous,” Sawlsville said. “There was smoke and electrical arcing next to a gas pump at one point. That could have been an issue if there had been someone there at the time pumping gas. The part that we were nervous about was the issue making its way down from the awning to the area of the pumps. There was no significant damage, mostly just the loss of income from having to close for a time.”