A Cornwall lumber company has been heavily damaged by fire.
Flames broke out at the Northeast Building Supply Lumber Yard at 26 Kent Road around 11:30 p.m. on Monday and the building was still smoldering on Tuesday morning.
Twenty-one fire departments from New Milford to New York state responded to help put out the massive blaze because of the large amount of material inside fueling the flames.
Crews had to use tankers to shuttle in water from the Housatonic River since there were no fire hydrants nearby. While the river is nearby, the cold weather made obtaining it a challenge.
While no one was inside the building when the fire broke out, this is a loss for the community.
"Hopefully they'll get back on their feet and rebuild, but now people are out of work, even some of the firefighters here now actually worked here," Cornwall firefighter Gordon Ridgway said.
Neighbors reported seeing a glow in the sky, smelling the smoke and feeling the heat.
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Route 7 was closed for several hours, but it has since reopened.
The business owns a hardware store next door, but that building was not damaged, according to the owner.
