Bradford Era reporters are working on these stories and more for Monday morning’s edition: A couple of birds died, but no people were injured in fire that started in the bedroom of a house at 109 Williams St. on Saturday afternoon. Capt. Rich Zmuda said Bradford City firefighters were dispatched to the blaze around 1:30 p.m. and immediately called for a second alarm that brought additional manpower and equipment from the Bradford Township Volunteer Fire Department and the Rapid Intervention Team (RIT). Zmuda said the fire was able to be contained to the rear bedroom on the second floor, but there was smoke damage throughout the house and minimal water damage on the first floor. Approximately 74 marksmen from not only Pennsylvania, but also Michigan, Ohio, New England and even Canada converged on Kane over the weekend. The Kane Fish and Game Club hosted the Pennsylvania State Championship of the National Benchrest Shooters Association for the heavy and light varmint classes on Saturday and Sunday. The match is one of the largest of its kind in the entire country, and has been an annual event in Kane since 1981. The marksmen had seven minutes to shoot five rounds. The shooters had to attempt to get as many shots as close together as possible. An investigation is slated to start this week to discover the cause and point of origin of the fire which burned for nearly 24 hours at the Domtar Paper Co. in Johnsonburg over the weekend. The industrial structure fire was called in to authorities around 12:30 p.m. Friday, and apparently broke out inside a conveyor tunnel than runs 1,000 feet underneath the mill along West Center Street in the borough. Between 175 and 200 firefighters from roughly 25 area fire departments from six counties were on scene until around 11 a.m. Saturday battling the blaze, according to Johnsonburg volunteer fire chief Bob Dickey. No one was injured in the fire, but Dickey said the extent of damage to the 125-year-old plant is not yet fully known.
Posted on: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 03:11:12 +0000
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