Smoke incident at Ely hospital

The Ely Fire Department responded Tuesday to a call at Ely-Bloomenson Community Hospital, in what was later termed as a “minor smoke incident,” in the laboratory and emergency department areas of the facility.

“There was no fire,” said Dave Marshall, fire chief for the city of Ely.

Marshall said that there “was an overheated bearing in a rooftop recovery unit, basically an air handler.”