Fire Consumes Workshop

By Corey Fischer

Feb 5, 2019 | 1:00 PM

An Enderby business hopes to reopen later this week despite a fire that destroyed its workshop Monday night.

The blaze at South Enderby Boards south of the city on Highway 97A consumed wood products and tools, and started after staff had gone home.

Fire chief Cliff Vetter says it was was a challenge to put out with so much burning wood, and also dealing with the frigid weather.

“The call came in at 5:15 and we didn’t get back here until midnight, back at the hall,” Vetter tells Beach Radio News.

Vetter says his crew was able to avoid getting too frosty at the fire scene.

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“We took breaks, and we’ve got a good truck for rehab, so they were sitting in there, warming up and getting back at it.”

The cause is undetermined, but not suspicious.

“He (owner) didn’t have any insurance so there is no insurance company asking for it,” says Vetter who plans to take another look at the site to find out if he can determine what caused it.

“There are a lot of things that could have happened there. It was a woodworking shop, so it had lots of dry wood and paints in there. The wood stove could have contributed to it, and it could have been electrical. When it’s cold out, everything is plugged in and things get over-loaded and can short out,” adds Vetter.

Photo courtesy of Nicki Furlong/Twitter

by Corey Fischer