Fog Blog New Brunswick Log: Fires In New Brunswick:

THINGS ARE TINDER DRY WITH THE RECENT HEAT WAVE.....SO THERE HAVE BEEN A WAVE OF BUSH FIRES LATELY BUT ALONG WITH THAT THERE IS ALSO STRUCTURE FIRES....SOME OF WHICH ARE MYSTERIOUS AND ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION......2 FISH PLANTS UP NORTH AND NOW A SAWMILL FIRE........Fire destroyed a sawmill in the western New Brunswick community of Bath on Monday night.Firefighters were called at about 10:30 p.m. to the W.F. Tompkins and Sons mill in Bath, about 48 kilometres north of Woodstock.When they arrived, the mill was in flames, fire Chief Stephen Armour said.The mill employed about a dozen people, but none of them were working at the time and no one was injured. Armour said crews from Perth-Andover, Centreville, and Florenceville-Bristol battled the blaze for four hours but were unable to save the mill."It was a lot of water to get the fire contained," said Armour."We had spot fires flare up from the fire itself and other areas where sparks were dropping down into the grass."Armour said the mill also supplied sawdust to a nearby pellet company and was a major economic driver for the community.