INDUSTRY — Fire heavily damaged the first floor of a two-story camp on Clearwater Lake early Sunday, town fire Chief Joe Paradis said Monday. The cause was an overheated wood stove, which ignited combustibles, including the ceiling.
About 35 firefighters from Industry, Farmington and New Sharon responded to put out the fire and kept flames from spreading to nearby camps. The area is congested, Paradis said, with the closest camp about 30 feet away.
When firefighters arrived, Paradis said, fire was coming out the first-floor windows.
A grandson of the owner, John Craig of Temple, was there at the time with some friends. They tried to extinguish the fire but couldn't, Paradis said.
The Craig family has owned the camp for a long time. It is about 100 years old and one of the oldest on the lake. The camp is on Hemlock Lane, which is off West Shore Road.
The camp is rebuildable, he said.
There was heavy fire damage on the first floor and smoke and water damage on the second floor, Paradis said.
On Saturday night, firefighters from New Vineyard and mutual aid towns responded to a fire that destroyed a 4- by 7-foot outbuilding on High Street, New Vineyard fire Chief Doug Churchill said Monday.
No one was injured, he said.
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