Sawmill Fires are Common - So Many!

We are Trapped! 

The Alpenglow Sawmill & Glu-Lam Factory in Truckee needs an Emergency Evacuation Route!!

It needs a secondary egress / ingress because we live in a tinder box.

The Sawmill & Glu-Lam Factory needs to be DENIED!!!

Check out these ten (10) Sawmill Fires. Two in the last week. Seven in the last year . . .

(Six Days Ago) June 26, 2024: Cummings Lumber Company in Troy Township, PA (pictured above). News Report.

• https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/bradford-county/fire-at-lumber-yard-in-bradford-county-cummings-lumber-troy/523-74a9de48-5f31-4631-815c-a01ae976aebc

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(Seven days ago) June 24, 2024: The Colby Sawmill in Boscawen, New Hampshire burned to the ground(pictured above).

• https://www.concordmonitor.com/Boscawen-NH-fire-Colby-Lumber-sawmill-55731801

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeQ9PEwkVjI

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(Less than 3 months ago) April 11, 2024: GMA Pallet Company in Banta, near Tracy, CA (pictured (above).

• https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/california/pallet-yard-fire-tracy/3506764/

• https://www.ttownmedia.com/tracy_press/fire-burns-through-banta-pallet-facility/article_455a80e0-f83e-11ee-9d00-b751072e4ebf.html

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(Less than 4 months ago) Mar 19, 2024: U.S. Lumber in CLAYSBURG, PA (pictured above)

• https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/massive-fire-breaks-out-at-blair-county-lumber-yard/

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(Less than a year ago) August 24, 2023: The Shetler Lumber Company in Waterford, PA Waterford, sawdust hopper catches fire. The responding Fire Chief noted, “fires at sawmills and lumber yards like this one aren’t uncommon due to the sheer amount of dry, flammable materials and their potential to spread quickly.”

• https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.yourerie.com%2Fnews%2Flocal-news%2Fflames-spread-quickly-after-equipment-catches-fire-at-mill-village-sawmill%2F&psig=AOvVaw0qUsghmbXCcndZd7O1Z5nS&ust=1720048831410000&source=images&cd=vfe&opi=89978449&ved=0CBEQjRxqFwoTCPC8vaXAiYcDFQAAAAAdAAAAABAE

• https://www.yourerie.com/news/local-news/flames-spread-quickly-after-equipment-catches-fire-at-mill-village-sawmill/

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(Eight Months ago) November 7, 2023: The Welker Sawmill in Fresno, CA (pictured above) burned down: Video of Sawmill Fire and TV News

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOZz88lGulE

• https://kmph.com/news/local/large-fire-burning-at-sawmill-in-fresno-lumbar-mill-milling-wood-saw-supplies-pile-tuesday-burn-fire-flames-buisiness-firefighters-burn-itself-out-polk-cornelia-california-fresno-county

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(Eight Months ago) November 11, 2023: In Danville, WV (pictured above).

• https://www.wsaz.com/video/2023/11/11/danville-lumber-company-fire/

• https://www.wowktv.com/news/west-virginia/boone-county-wv/residents-deal-with-aftermath-cleanup-after-danville-lumber-company-fire/

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(Less than two years ago) July 25, 2022: Ampine Sawmill & Fiber Plant (pictured above) in Martell, near Jackson, CA. KCRA News

• https://www.kcra.com/article/crews-battle-fire-at-a-lumber-mill-in-amador-county/40711097

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(Less than two years ago) September 2, 2022: The Roseburg Sawmill in Weed, CA (pictured above) burned down: LA Times Article and Mill Fire Lawsuit.

• Two people dead.

• Scores of homes lost.

• https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-06-17/lumber-mill-operator-sparked-deadly-northern-california-fire-authorities-say

• https://www.singletonschreiber.com/mill-fire-lawsuit#:~:text=Two%20people%20were%20killed%20in,damages%20could%20exceed%20that%20number.

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June 13, 2014: Troyer Sawmill in Morrow County, OH

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m3sEiL0c6w