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Little rest for Nakusp firefighters

Not much sleep for the Nakusp fire department and other first responders this weekend.

They tackled a big blaze at Box Lake Lumber on Friday as well as a house fire and other calls.

Chief Terry Warren says the mill fire started in a loader parked next to the scale shed and spread to the bush.

The BC Wildfire Service responded with a helicopter and tankers as the fire grew to 1.5 hectares.

Meanwhile, no one was hurt in a house fire in Nakusp on Saturday morning but the structure may be a total loss.

Greg Nesteroff
Greg Nesteroff
Greg has been working in West Kootenay news media off and on since 1998. When he's not on the air, he's busy writing about local history. He has recently published a book about the man who founded the ghost town of Sandon.

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