Firefighters Douse Blaze at Clark Biscuit Building
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The smoke reached to the upper floors on the north end of the vacant, 68,000-square-foot building.
A firefighter on a ladder truck broke windows to access the area on the third floor as others entered through the doorway on Ashland Street.
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.jpg) Above, the area where the fire is believed to have started. [Photos by George Beckwith] |
The fire apparently started near a desk on the first floor of the building near the loading dock on the north side.
The call came in at about 6 a.m.; Clarksburg and Adams sent firefighters and apparatus to the scene for mutual aide and Williamstown covered the North Adams station.
The area was still roped off with police tape around 12:30 p.m. Firefighters were cutting through the floor just inside the loading dock door and glass littered the sidewalk.
No further information was available from authorities, including how the fire started.
The building was recently purchased from the city by Arch Street Development LLC of Needham, which recently received the OK to begin renovating the structure into affordable housing apartments.
The developer began hauling trash and debris from the 68,000-square-foot structure two months ago.
