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Fire destroys Medicine Hat Monster Truck business

Jan 19, 2017 | 4:29 PM

MEDICINE HAT –   A local family is heartbroken after their business went up in flames Wednesday morning.

The Cypress County Fire Department responded to a fire at the Sheer Insanity Monster Truck shop. Though crews were able to extinguish the blaze, the monster trucks and the shop were completely destroyed.

Kathy Wills, who drove the TNT and Sheer Insanity Monster Trucks at events around the community, was alerted to the fire by her dogs Wednesday morning. When Wills called 911, the shop was completely engulfed.

Fire crews had to deal with high winds as they battled the blaze. Nobody was injured in the fire, though Wills said two cats who lived in the shop were not accounted for.
“My first thought, I have two shop cats who have been in the shop since the day we bought the property; we adopted them from the SPCA,” she said. “I don’t think that they made it out, that was my first thought.”

The fire is under investigation, but Wills says the fire is not believed to be suspicious.

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The trucks were a staple in the community for the past decade, and was getting ready to make appearances at events when the fire happened. Wills says the shop and the items inside are covered by their insurance, but there was no insurance on the monster trucks.

“It has been 10 years of working really hard to build up the shop to what we needed and the monster trucks, all the blood, sweat and tears for years and years and years have gone into it,” she said. “It’s all gone.”

Wills added she has received hundreds of calls from fans in the region and around North America to offer their sympathy.

“I’m truly overwhelmed by the outpouring of support and sympathy,” she said. “It really means a lot and we really do appreciate it.”