Colby Sawmill and Lumber Destroyed by Fire
Photo by Jay HeathThe Colby Sawmill was fully involved on arrival as a firefighter operates a hose line onto the building.
Photo by Jay HeathBoscawen's Engine 1 sets up as fire consumes the sawmill and collapses.
Photo by Jay HeathHeavy fire is throughout the sawmill.
Photo by Jay HeathFire brands erupt from the building.
Photo by Jay HeathConcord's Engine Company 5 sets up a porta-tank for water supply.
Photo by Jay HeathFirefighters use a portable gun onto the sawmill and piles of lumber.
Photo by Jay HeathA Concord firefighter operates a portable gun onto the fire.
Boscawen, NH - On Monday, June 24th, a Boscawen fire destroyed the Colby Sawmill and Lumber Company on High Street early morning. The Boscawen fire department was dispatched to a possible outside fire as seen from a passerby on Route 4. As Fire Chief Tim Kenney responded towards the fire, he could tell from a mile away it was the sawmill on fire as the sky was all lit up.
A first alarm assignment of mutual aid tankers was dispatched and soon Chief Kenney arrived to find the Sawmill fully involved. Chief Kenney requested a second alarm at 4:11 a.m. for more tankers and Concord’s Tower Ladder.
The Colby Sawmill and Lumber Company has been in operation for 50 years by the Colby family. A tanker shuttle was set up for water supply as the fire consumed the building. The fire was knocked down by 5:02 a.m. as firefighters extinguished the building which has collasped. The fire has believed to have started by a lightning strike from an earlier storm that night.
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