The Junction City Fire Department had to respond to four calls within a 2 hour 34 minute time frame Thursday afternoon.

According to the Fire Department the first call came in at 1:06 p.m. iinvolving arcing electrical equipment and a minor transformer fire at a Westar Energy substation in the 500 block of East 8th Street.

Seven minutes later a smoke scare was reported at Fort Riley Real Estate at 2426 Elmdale Avenue. It was a ballast ( light fixture ) issue. It was believed to be related to the earlier fire at the substation. The utilities to the building were turned off, and the facility will be checked by an electrician.

At 3:19 p.m. firefighters responded to what turned out to be a false alarm at Kings Moving Company at 401 East 8th Street, and at 3:40 p.m. there was a two vehicle accident that also resulted in one of the vehicles coming to rest against a parked vehicle. One person was transported to Geary Community Hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.