On May 2, a fire destroyed a Silver Water home (formerly Robinson School #1). Firefighters from two departments used 16,000 gallons of water to douse the blaze. Owner Clayton Foster was away during the incident. The Ontario Fire Marshal and OPP are investigating the total loss.
SILVER WATER—A Silver Water resident lost their home in a house fire that took place last Saturday evening.
Richard Graham, fire chief for both Burpee and Mills and Robinson Township volunteer fire departments said, “the members of the Robinson Fire Department were paged about the fire at 7:30 pm on Saturday, May 2, with the members of the Burpee and Mills fire department called in to assist.”
“Upon arrival at the scene of the fire the home (which used to be Robinson Township School #1) was fully engulfed in flames,” explained Fire Chief Graham. “Firefighters hit three sides of the structure with water,” he said noting, “it is a brick building with a wooden roof. We had to wait until the roof caved in.”
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