Monday’s fire at the former Bowater plant was quickly brought under control by fire services from across Queens County.

Fire crews responded to page at 4:56pm Monday on the old mill property and arrived to find a fire at the former TMP plant.

Liverpool Fire Department spokesperson John Long says the plant was being demolished and it appears that work may have been the ignition source.

“They were using some cutting devices which may have caused the fire.”

Long says all Queens fire departments were on the scene except for Mill Village who stood by at Port Medway.

He says the fire was contained quickly and did not spread to any other buildings on the site.

Long says it took approximately three hours for the 50 fire personnel to knock down the blaze.

“There were no unique challenges just a lot of stairs to get to the top.”

Long says crews planned to return Tuesday to ensure the fire was completely extinguished.

Reported by Ed Halverson 
E-mail: edhalversonnews@gmail.com
Twitter: @edwardhalverson

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