A FIRE DISCOVERED SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT Tuesday morning caused a $3- to $5-million loss in a Sudbury, Massachusetts, greenhouse and nursery. The Cavicchio Greenhouses have been in business for 100 years and provides flowers, plants and supplies to gardening and landscaping businesses, municipalities, and golf courses in New England, according to its website.
A security guard reported the alarm that eventually brought 80 firefighters from 15 FD’s to the scene. The fire consumed about 120,000 sq. ft. of nursery greenhouses representing 30% of the company’s facility. When the FD arrived there was fire showing and it had gotten ahold of the ground pallets and fertilizer, spreading fairly rapidly through the greenhouses. Complicating the operation was the lack of nearby hydrants, the nearest being a half-mile away. Yard hydrants had neither the flow nor pressure to be of any good to the FD. Two pumpers went into drafting operations at the company’s standing ponds.
The fire was brought under control by 4 am. WFXT-TV Ch. 25 shot this raw video after daybreak showing the damage:
The Boston Globe has the STORY.
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