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Blaze Destroys Ontario Library’s Books, NewspapersA fire gutted the municipal building February 8 that housed the West Lorne branch of the Elgin County Public Library in Ontario, Canada. Fire investigators are looking into the furnace as a possible cause of the blaze that destroyed much of the library collection, including 50 years of bound copies of the town’s weekly newspaper, the West Lorne Sun.As of February 10, library officials were unable to enter the building to assess the damage. Dianne Palmer, Elgin County’s manager of library services, said in the February 10 London Free Press that some of the books in an older section of the building could have been shielded from the flames from a brick wall. “There might be some salvageable materials in there and maybe the shelving can be used again,” she said. “But we don’t really have any idea until we get to go in when the insurance adjuster has been in.” Replacement cost of the library collection was estimated at $300,000 (U.S. $260,000). Posted February 10, 2006. |
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