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If you're the power company, the last place you want an accident to occur is inside the offices of a personal injury law firm.

But that's exactly what happened April 27, when a power line broke and fell on the roof of the law firm of Goldstein, Buckley, Cechman, Rice and Purtz in downtown Fort Myers. “It (electrically) arced and caused a fire to start at the north end of my building,” says Jeff Rice, managing partner of the firm.

The fire started at 6:30 p.m., while employees were still in the building, but no one was hurt. “Unfortunately the sprinkler went off, so I've got a ton of smoke and water damage,” Rice says.