Pub Date: May 01, 2008
By Erika Engel
Firefighters had to work around debris scattered across an upper
Stoney Creek property yesterday to fight a blaze apparently caused
by a spark.
Firefighters fought the fire for almost five hours as it
destroyed a barn and consumed scrap metal, lumber and vehicles
cluttering the property at 241 Mud St.
Winds carried flames almost 100 metres across the property.
The fire seems to have started when a man was
using a grinder on the metal of a truck bed.
Sparks ignited nearby debris and spread from there, according to
Hamilton fire media officer John Verbeek.
The fire started between the house and the barn, and
the wind carried the fire to the back of the
property. The house was about 10 metres in the other
direction.
Verbeek said the challenge fighting the fire was navigating through
the large amount of debris scattered all over the property.
This included decrepit vehicles, scrap metal, trailers, tractors, snowmobiles, tractors
and tires.
Since there were no nearby hydrants, several trucks were called
in to replenish the water supply.
The fire department raised property standard concerns, and called the
Ministry of Environment in to inspect some suspicious drums they
found on the property.
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