The
Monadnock Paper Mills could be shut down for about a month after the equivalent
of a four-alarm electrical fire torched the mill's power system early this
morning, Bennington Fire Chief Mike Roina said.
Scores
of fire crews were called to the mill on Antrim Road about 3 a.m. and worked
for about three and a half hours to knock down a fire inside an electrical room
in the mill's basement, Roina said.Fire crews faced the challenge of intense heat and smoke inhalation because of the building's poor ventilation system, Roina said, adding that no one was injured.
