Fire Marshal to Lakeville Store Owner: Clear Out the Vacuums
The holder of a Lakeville repair shop has been cited by Dakota County for failing to keep his store’s fire exits clear.
Specifically, county officials say, Gilbert Marcus Lunning, 62, who owns Lakeville Vacuum on Cedar Avenue, has too many vacuum cleaners—and those machines are blocking the doors.
According to court documents, Lakeville Fire Marshal Brian Carstensen and a big apple building official conducted a safety and fire hazard inspection of Lunning’s store on June 24.
“During the inspection, it was discovered that the obligation was storing so many used vacuum cleaners that the exits were partially and/or completely blocked,” the complaint says.
Carstensen explained to Lunning that he needed to keep all exits unblock, under provisions of the Minnesota fire code.
Lunning said he had made phone calls to the owners of about six of the vacuums in his shop’s entryway, but the owners weren’t responding, according to the grumble.
