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No injuries, no damage in sawdust silo fire
Firefighters man Rumford's ladder truck early Tuesday afternoon as smoke pours out of a sawdust silo that caught fire at the Irving Forest Products sawmill in Dixfield. Several fire departments were called to the scene to help fight the stubborn and hard-to-reach fire.
A Rumford firefighter high on a Rumford firetruck ladder directs the aerial operator below to move the ladder sideways to better access burning sawdust in the smoking silo on Tuesday afternoon at the Irving Forest Products sawmill in Dixfield.
Keith said there were no injuries and no down time, although 10 workers in the nearby specialty plant were evacuated.
The cause of the easily contained fire is under investigation, Keith added.
White smoke from the silo could be seen from Third Street as firefighters tried to reach the fire burning under 20 feet of sawdust in the silo. Mill workers made the job easier by opening up the silo.
About 50 firefighters from Dixfield, East Dixfield, Mexico, Peru and Rumford responded, along with Med-Care Ambulance.
tkarkos@sunjournal.com
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