Fire destroys cedar mill near Woodstock, New Brunswick

By Jim Dumville
The River Valley News
November 1, 2024
Category: Business & Politics
Region: Canada, Canada East

BELLVILLE, New Brunswick — A late afternoon fire raced through a wood mill operation near Woodstock Thursday afternoon, Oct. 31, destroying buildings, equipment and one vehicle. Woodstock Fire Department Chief Harold McLellan said his department responded at 3:29 p.m. at the lumber yard in Belleville, N.B., just west of Woodstock. He said the mill is owned and operated by Hugo Filion. …While the mill operators had water on hand and kept sawdust and other debris removed from the operation, they could not keep the blaze from spreading quickly. …McLellan said there were no injuries reported. …The fire spread from the mill structure to surrounding log piles. Mill crews used their equipment to move and relocate logs. The firefighters suppressed the fire before it reached cellophane-wrapped lumber nearby.

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