Montana
Sheriff: Fire Destroys Townsend Lumber Mill Facing Sale
TOWNSEND, Mont. (AP) — A hearth destroyed a closed lumber mill in Townsend lower than a month earlier than its buildings and tools have been to be bought at public sale, Broadwater County Sheriff Wynn Meehan stated Friday.
The hearth was reported at 11:30 p.m. Thursday on the RY Timber mill and the constructing was totally engulfed when Meehan arrived about half-hour later, he stated.
“Actually from one facet to the opposite, it was one massive ball of flame and I assumed ‘Oh my Lord,’” he stated.
The reason for the fireplace can be decided by the state fireplace marshal and insurance coverage investigators, Meehan instructed the Impartial File.
The mill has been closed since January 2019 and was being ready for an public sale in June, basic supervisor Dan Richards stated. Gadgets up for public sale embrace CAT tractors, mill tools and three buildings, in keeping with the public sale itemizing.
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Richards didn’t have a injury estimate.
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