President Of Lakeland Mills Devastated By Fire
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 @ 6:08 AM
Prince George- Prince George Fire crews continue to maintain a perimeter River Rd after an explosion and fire levelled the Lakeland saw Mill in Prince George.
Lakeland President Greg Stewart says, "We are devastated by the news, and our thoughts are with our employees and their families."
Fire Chief John Lane says the fire is too dangerous to maintain and therefore crews are letting the fire burn out. The fire has destroyed the sawmill section of the operation. No cause for the blaze is known.
The blast took place at 9.38pm Monday evening and could be felt around the bowl area of the city.
There were 24 employees working in the sawmill at the time of the blast and fire and further 16 employees in the planer mill and four working in the yard. Twenty five people were taken to hospital; three were later air lifted to Vancouver and , one to Edmonton , their conditions range in severity.
Lakeland Mills is a division of Sinclair Group Forest Products Ltd. And integrated wood manufacturing company with five primary mills sawmills and planer mills and three secondary value added mills.
The company’s operations are in Prince George, Vanderhoof and Ft St James and are independently owned and operated as a family run venture.
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We hope that everyone who was injured will be alright in the long run! It will be tough going for quite a while! We are praying for you all!
Thank You to all the brave firefighters, police officers, ambulance attendants, nurses, doctors, support staff and everyone else who puts their lives in danger in last nights tragedy! You push forwards when everyone is running the other way. You put your lives in danger and push your bodies limits to the extreme to help save people’s lives. Thank you for your courage, strength and drive to help others!
I’m going to try to do my part and help by donating blood. Join me and let’s help save some lives!
Global TV did a phone interview with Steve Raper from Northern health who confirmed that one person has died as a result of injuries from explosion and fire.
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