Verrill Farm catches fire, burns down

Title: Verrill Farm catches fire, burns down

Published: Sat, 20 Sep 2008

Description: (Josh Brogadir, NECN) - Getting its start in the 1920's, Verrill Farm has most recently been operated as a partnership between members of the Verrill family. On Saturday evening at around 5, firefighters arrived at the farm to find rough...

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" Smoke still rose over the fields of Concord Massachusetts more than an hour after fire burned through local landmark. A dark smoking shell of what was other remains the barrel farm family farms. Dean Howard and his daughter Leah were there inside shopping for vegetables when the fire started about 5 PM."

" They said the smoke in the kitchen so days -- should I saw outside and you can just barely see smoke coming from the roof at that time. And very quickly the whole place is engulfed in smoke."

" Firefighters do not think the fire is suspicious they're not sure how it started that say some electrical equipment was barking inside. They say flames and smoke were too intense -- the building that's been in the -- family since the nineteen points."

" It's one of the few areas hard hit that -- did that don't have the hydrants every 500 feet so there was a challenge that. -- establishing water supply. But actually the water supply was established fairly smoothly. The -- hydrants are a little bit further away."

" Workers customers and family stood and watched flames transform the popular business week total loss. I appreciate that the."

" Oh. Too early to assess. What we're actually heading. But I have."

" Several fire departments helped battle the flames one fire -- taken to a local hospital no customers were injured say they won't miss it staple."

" I am so is it cost them here and -- country to check out process from Italy and they have pink socks so. We'll --"

" Extremely sad we we've been coming here for years it started as a pick your own farm stand. And and it gradually get bigger and bigger and now says you see it now. Men lot of people around -- been coming here for years and years so. It's really sad."

" And there were several explosions from propane tanks both inside and outside the building. That firefighter who was injured he is from Lincoln we're told he was treated at the hospital and released. Concord Massachusetts Josh brigadier -- thank you."

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