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October 2008 
Fire in Town
Posted on Sep 30th, 2008
by 
Beagle
Beagle
Close to 10:00 last night my wife and I looked out the window after hearing mysterious loud noises and saw the horizon aglow. It was clearly a fire. It was coming from the center of town. We watched for a while and tried to get information without leaving home, but learned nothing.
It turns out it was the cheese factory in town. All the sources I read about said the flames were "100 feet high." WPTZ has an online report from today, however, that notes witnesses seeing flames "200 feet high." Are they exaggerating?
When we lived in Bolton there were three major building fires on our block. This is the second one since we have moved (the first was a house not far from here). I haven't see the scene, but the photos make it look pretty bad. No one was hurt, luckily, but it looks to be a whopper in terms of damage. Messy stuff. It still amazes me that such huge fires are still possible, despite fire prevention and protection.
I am not looking forward to hearing about any other fires. The house that burned a while back belonged to the folks who own the local hardware store. We wondered last night if that were the source of the fire. It was not, of course. Hopefully the fire departments from across Chittenden County who responded will have had enough excitement for now, and they can keep their equipment clean for a while.
We got to sleep eventually, but we worried awake for a while. There was little for us to do, however. So we stayed where we were. Safe in bed.
It turns out it was the cheese factory in town. All the sources I read about said the flames were "100 feet high." WPTZ has an online report from today, however, that notes witnesses seeing flames "200 feet high." Are they exaggerating?
When we lived in Bolton there were three major building fires on our block. This is the second one since we have moved (the first was a house not far from here). I haven't see the scene, but the photos make it look pretty bad. No one was hurt, luckily, but it looks to be a whopper in terms of damage. Messy stuff. It still amazes me that such huge fires are still possible, despite fire prevention and protection.
I am not looking forward to hearing about any other fires. The house that burned a while back belonged to the folks who own the local hardware store. We wondered last night if that were the source of the fire. It was not, of course. Hopefully the fire departments from across Chittenden County who responded will have had enough excitement for now, and they can keep their equipment clean for a while.
We got to sleep eventually, but we worried awake for a while. There was little for us to do, however. So we stayed where we were. Safe in bed.
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