Henry Raymond

Fairfax News => Current News & Events => Topic started by: Henry on October 25, 2009, 07:38:34 AM

Title: Barn Fire In Westford
Post by: Henry on October 25, 2009, 07:38:34 AM

A fire completely destroyed a horse barn in Westford yesterday. It happened around 6:30 this morning. A neighbor heard an explosion in the barn and called 911. Within minutes the building was fully engulfed in flames. Does anybody know where this was in Westford?  They just had a short one-liner on Channel 3 last night along with a short video and I did not recognize the place.

Title: Re: Barn Fire In Westford
Post by: cdzgang on October 25, 2009, 09:06:54 AM

My brother is on St. Albans Fire, and saw the glow on the hill in the morning.  As he was heading up to check on it, he followed Westford Fire up to it.  It was at the former Ronnie Kilburn place on the top of #11 Road.  Not sure who owns it now.   
 He ended up helping WFD until mutual aid arrived.

Title: Re: Barn Fire In Westford
Post by: Henry on October 25, 2009, 09:16:12 AM

From the quick look I got of the barn on television, it looked in good shape.  Apparently they had a lot of stuff in it - 4 wheelers, snowmobiles, lawnmowers, a camper and more.

Title: Re: Barn Fire In Westford
Post by: katrinaantonovich on October 25, 2009, 03:36:44 PM

We could see it really well from our house around 6:30am to, thanks for the update of what it was.

Title: Re: Barn Fire In Westford
Post by: Stand Alone Defense on October 25, 2009, 10:47:06 PM

Not sure of the exact location but I know it belonged to a former Fairfax resident.  Not going to name drop but they just purchased the property a few months ago my brother is good friends with the family.  They are still unsure of how it started.

Title: Re: Barn Fire In Westford
Post by: Henry on October 26, 2009, 08:11:25 AM

BarnBlaze Destroys Horse Barn
   Westford, Vermont - October 24, 2009

A fire completely destroyed a horse barn in Westford today.

It happened around 6:30 Saturday morning. A neighbor heard an explosion in the barn and called 911. Within minutes the building was fully engulfed in flames.

"I mean there's 4 wheelers, snowmobiles, lawnmowers, a camper. I can go on forever what they lost in there," said Westford Fire Chief Randy Botala.

Firefighters aren't sure what started the blaze.


(http://www.vtgrandpa.com/photos/albums/forum_photos/westford_fire_091024.jpg)

(http://www.vtgrandpa.com/photos/albums/forum_photos/westford_fire_0910241.jpg)

(http://www.vtgrandpa.com/photos/albums/forum_photos/westford_fire_0910242.jpg)

In an earlier post, I stated the barn looked in good shape - That was from a standard clip they used for the Barn Fire Topic, so I have no idea what it looked like before the fire.

http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=11379153 (http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=11379153)

Title: Re: Barn Fire In Westford
Post by: Henry on October 27, 2009, 07:19:43 AM

Happened to be in Minor's Store last night and usually if something is going on, they usually know about it up there.  Asked if they knew the name of the people that had the fire in Westford Saturday - They had all heard about it, but nobody knew who the barn belonged to.