A fire at a former clothes pin factory in western Maine went up in flames. But for firefighters, the bigger concern was what was right next door: thousands of cases of fireworks, reports NECN.com
“When we arrived it was already fully engulfed spreading fast into the metal building,” said Norm St. Pierre, West Paris fire chief.
Pierre says what they were most concerned about was the smaller building just a few feet away from the 17,000-square foot warehouse: “Aah” Fireworks retail store.
Both the retail store and adjacent trailers were loaded with cases of fireworks.
Crews from 12 surrounding towns worked to keep flames away from the explosives and help haul hundreds of feet of hose to a nearby river when the hydrant system went dry.
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