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Fire Guts Mill Owned By Cooperstown Wood Baseball Bat Maker

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Dave Lucas
Published April 25, 2017 at 4:41 PM EDT
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Fire heavily damaged the upstate New York mill owned by a Cooperstown-based wood baseball bat company.

Emergency officials in Otsego County say the fire was reported around 6 p.m. Monday at Cooperstown Bat Co.'s mill in the town of Hartwick, adjacent to the village of Cooperstown. Eight local volunteer fire departments extinguished the blaze around 11:30 p.m.

No one was injured.

Officials declared the 75-foot-long by 35-foot-wide single-story building a total loss.

The bat company had moved equipment into the building after buying the property last fall. Cooperstown Bat's nearby finishing factory wasn't damaged. The company also has a retail store on Cooperstown's Main Street.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

© 2017 AP

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Dave Lucas is WAMC’s Capital Region Bureau Chief. Born and raised in Albany, he’s been involved in nearly every aspect of local radio since 1981. Before joining WAMC, Dave was a reporter and anchor at WGY in Schenectady. Prior to that he hosted talk shows on WYJB and WROW, including the 1999 series of overnight radio broadcasts tracking the JonBenet Ramsey murder case with a cast of callers and characters from all over the world via the internet. In 2012, Dave received a Communicator Award of Distinction for his WAMC news story "Fail: The NYS Flood Panel," which explores whether the damage from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee could have been prevented or at least curbed. Dave began his radio career as a “morning personality” at WABY in Albany.
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