Fire on Rt 11D in Alton

Steveo · 09-16-2007, 08:55 AM

Early morning fire on route 11D in Alton, below the scenic view. Very old cabin totally destroyed by fire. Lucky we had rain over last couple days because cabin was surrounded by woods. Probably had 10 fire trucks respond. The reason, firemen said was because they needed lots of water brought in due to no fire hydrants and couldn't "pull" water up from lake. I was told that owner stayed over last night but had left early this morning for race. It was cold last night so could have been space heater.

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Argie's Wife · 09-16-2007, 08:02 PM

I saw that on my way to work this morning - sad... My heart goes out to the guy who comes home from the race to no home.

John A. Birdsall · 09-18-2007, 09:46 AM

We have a cottage across the lake and I saw this when I got up. At first I thought it was a chimney but it got too thick, and then lots of black smoke, I was thinking someone was burning fresh pine causing creosote. sorry to see this happen.

09-16-2007, 08:55 AM	#1
Steveo Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 523 Thanks: 47 Thanked 123 Times in 63 Posts	Fire on Rt 11D in Alton Early morning fire on route 11D in Alton, below the scenic view. Very old cabin totally destroyed by fire. Lucky we had rain over last couple days because cabin was surrounded by woods. Probably had 10 fire trucks respond. The reason, firemen said was because they needed lots of water brought in due to no fire hydrants and couldn't "pull" water up from lake. I was told that owner stayed over last night but had left early this morning for race. It was cold last night so could have been space heater.

09-16-2007, 08:02 PM	#2
Argie's Wife Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Alton Posts: 1,908 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 533 Thanked 579 Times in 260 Posts	I saw that on my way to work this morning - sad... My heart goes out to the guy who comes home from the race to no home.

09-18-2007, 09:46 AM	#3
John A. Birdsall Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Norwich, CT Posts: 599 Thanks: 27 Thanked 51 Times in 35 Posts	We have a cottage across the lake and I saw this when I got up. At first I thought it was a chimney but it got too thick, and then lots of black smoke, I was thinking someone was burning fresh pine causing creosote. sorry to see this happen.