ABCC On Fire

Slickcraft · 04-12-2009, 07:33 PM

Photos taken 5:10 to 5:30; we were on our way from West Alton to Johnsons, never made it past across from Pop's.
Very tragic, scary. Saw whole buildings explode. Looks like it will consume structures 'till all fuel is gone. Whole buildings were consumed in matter of min.

No power here as all the power lines had burned.

mcdude · 04-12-2009, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Slickcraft

Photos taken 5:10 to 5:30;

Amazing photos. What a loss. They last suffered a great fire in August of 1945.

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Keith · 04-12-2009, 08:48 PM

I just heard 10 more towns called in for manpower.

Orion · 04-12-2009, 08:57 PM

Seems like a very fire-prone area. That makes at least 4 major fires around that end of the bay.....3 in the last 10 years.

Argie's Wife · 04-12-2009, 09:15 PM

Drove by the Bay moments ago coming home from Easter dinner and there was still buildings burning. I heard a report from a friend that JP China had caught fire and who knows what other businesses....

My heart breaks for the families who lost their cottage, summer income rental and those who lost their businesses. Certainly in that number of buildings (last count 52) that burned today there had to be some homes. I can't imagine the loss today. How tragic.

ApS · 04-14-2009, 06:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Orion

Seems like a very fire-prone area. That makes at least 4 major fires around that end of the bay.....3 in the last 10 years.

Yet neighboring Wolfeboro hasn't had anything like these serial disasters...

bay view of Alton Bay...
mostly uninsured...
dry, windy...
fire-prone 2-story wooden structures...
over-levered mortgage environment...
overlooking newly-developed condominiums...that also burned...

Coincidences...that make you go...Hmmmmm...

chipj29 · 04-13-2009, 01:37 PM

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Great info in that thread. Thanks mcdude!

imalocal · 04-13-2009, 02:36 PM

Check out wmur.com - they have some great pictures of the fire and the aftermath

04-12-2009, 07:33 PM	#1
Slickcraft Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Welch Island and The Taylor Community Posts: 3,386 Thanks: 1,260 Thanked 2,148 Times in 983 Posts	Photos taken 5:10 to 5:30; we were on our way from West Alton to Johnsons, never made it past across from Pop's. Very tragic, scary. Saw whole buildings explode. Looks like it will consume structures 'till all fuel is gone. Whole buildings were consumed in matter of min. No power here as all the power lines had burned. Attached Images Last edited by Slickcraft; 04-12-2009 at 09:12 PM. Reason: spelling

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Orion Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: MA Posts: 914 Thanks: 598 Thanked 193 Times in 91 Posts	Lots of fires in Alton Seems like a very fire-prone area. That makes at least 4 major fires around that end of the bay.....3 in the last 10 years.

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04-12-2009, 08:48 PM	#3
Keith Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Wolfeboro NH Posts: 23 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I just heard 10 more towns called in for manpower.

04-12-2009, 09:15 PM	#5
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	Drove by the Bay moments ago coming home from Easter dinner and there was still buildings burning. I heard a report from a friend that JP China had caught fire and who knows what other businesses.... My heart breaks for the families who lost their cottage, summer income rental and those who lost their businesses. Certainly in that number of buildings (last count 52) that burned today there had to be some homes. I can't imagine the loss today. How tragic.

04-13-2009, 02:36 PM	#8
imalocal Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 42 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	Check out wmur.com - they have some great pictures of the fire and the aftermath