Jewel Hill Fire

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Created on Thursday, 25 April 2013 14:11
Written by Brian Stone

Jewel HillLYNDON -  Flames engulfed and eventually claimed a home on Jewel Hill Road in Lyndonville Wednesday night. Lyndonville was the first crew to arrive at the home around 6 o'clock, followed by several other crews including St Johnsbury, Concord, East Burke, Shefflield and Wheelock. Battling the fire for over three hours and running out of water the several times, crews were forced to pump water from the river across the street. The lack of water along with the dry conditions created difficult conditions for the crews."We're on top of a hill, there was a little breeze going and when a fire gets going that hot it does make its own wind  and of course it kept going towards the secondary structure which didn't help us at all," said Lyndonville Fire Chief Greg Hopkins. 

The over two hundred year old home was owned by 54 year old Laurie Smith and her husband Brian, no one, including the family's two dogs was hurt in the blaze. 

The cause of the fire is still unknown.