11 June 2011

Eight-alarm Fire Destroys Woonsocket, RI, Mill

An eight-alarm fire destroyed the former Alice Mills, a four-story brick mill complex at 85 Fairmount Street in Woonsocket, RI, on Tuesday, 7 June.

The Woonsocket Fire Department was assisted by companies from Burrillville, Central Falls, Cumberland, East Providence, Lincoln, North Providence, North Smithfield, Pawtucket, Providence, and Smithfield,RI, as well as from Bellingham, Blackstone, Franklin, Millville, and North Attleborough, MA (among others).

Media reports:

Providence Journal: Fast-moving blaze destroys mill complex (8 JUN 11)

Woonsocket Call: Former Alice Mills complex burns down (8 JUN 11)

Woonsocket Call: Alice Mill fire caused by spark from welding torch (8 JUN 11)

WPRI-TV: Raging inferno ravages Woonsocket mill (8 JUN 11)

WJAR-TV: Fire destroys historic Woonsocket mill (8 JUN 11)

WPRI-TV: Neighbors affected by 8-alarm blaze (8 JUN 11)

WJAR-TV: Woonsocket mill fire leaves historic and economic loss (8 JUN 11)

Woonsocket Patch: Fairmount Street Mill Engulfed In Flames (7 JUN 11)

Woonsocket Patch: With Fire Still Smoldering, Owners Plan To Rebuild (8 JUN 11)

WPRI-TV: Mayor: city may be going bankrupt (10 JUN 11)

WPRI-TV: Photo Gallery: Woonsocket Mill Fire

WJAR-TV: Slideshow: Woonsocket Mill Fire, June 7, 2011

Wellinvolved: General Alarm (8) Fire Levels Woonsocket's "Alice Mills" (7 JUN 11)

NRIFirePhotos: General Alarm Mill Fire Woonsocket, RI Fairmont St June 7, 2011

Big Dog Fireground Photography: General Alarm Woonsocket RI 85 Fairmont St

Milford Fire Photos: 6/7/11-Woonsocket, RI-9th Alarm Mill Fire-Fairmont Street

Woonsocket Patch: Video: Fire At 85 Fairmount Street (8 JUN 11)

Providence Fire Videos: Massive inferno destroys mill complex in Woonsocket, RI

SNE Fire News: General Alarm fire in a Woonsocket, RI mill complex (7 JUN 11)

YouTube: Firefighters battle massive mill fire on Fairmount Street Woonsocket, RI

Background information:

Woonsocket Fire Department

City of Woonsocket

Wikipedia: Woonsocket, Rhode Island

Google Map: 85 Fairmount Street, Woonsocket, RI

WPRI-TV: History of the famous 'Alice Mills' (9 JUN 11)

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