Federal Insurance Co. v. Public Service Co‪.‬

On April 9, 1974, electrical "arcing" was observed at the Mesa Feed & Farm Supply Company in Grand Junction. Public Service responded to an emergency call by sending a crew to the Mesa Feed location. Shortly thereafter, a unit of the Grand Junction fire department arrived at the scene. A Public Service supervisor told the fire chief that everything was under control. He advised the fire chief that the power to the building had been shut off and said that there was no need for the firemen to enter the building. Both the firemen and the Public Service crew then left the scene. Thirty minutes later, a fire was observed at the Mesa Feed building. Efforts to contain the fire were unsuccessful, and the fire spread to the buildings of the other appellants.