This story clearly illustrates the dialogue missing between firefighter and citizen.
January 20, 2019
By Meg Robbins
New Vineyard — A camp in New Vineyard (click here) was completely burned down in a blaze Sunday afternoon after fire trucks could not access the property quickly enough due to the road being plowed too narrowly.
“It was plowed just wide enough to get a Subaru up in there — a car,” said New Vineyard Fire Chief Tom Holbrook.
The fire, which occurred at 142 Griffin Mountain Road, was reported at 12:16 p.m.
“When we got there, the flames were showing but we couldn’t get the apparatus in there because it’s quite a ways off the road,” Holbrook said.
The building, owned by Augusta resident Robert Pribou, had one and a half stories and was roughly 24 by 36 feet, according to Holbrook. No one was inside the structure at the time of the fire and no injuries were reported. Holbrook said he believes the blaze “started around a wood stove.”
The chief was unable to provide an estimate on the cost of the damage to the structure but noted that the camp was insured....
