No immediate danger to residents as fire ravages sawmill at Amelia’s Ward – Town Clerk

A blazing fire is currently affecting a section of Amelia’s Ward in Linden, but authorities say it is not expected to pose any immediate threat to nearby residents.

This information was revealed by Linden Town Clerk Lennox Gasper during an interview with this publication.

According to Gasper, the fire, which started on Thursday, is occurring behind a sawmill in Amelia’s ward – a different location from where a similar incident took place last year.

Gasper noted that the area where the fire started was used for the disposal of waste material.

Gasper reported firefighters worked all night on the ground, trying to contain the flames and ensure it did not spread further out of control.

The Town Clerk emphasised that, based on advice from fire officials, there were no immediate signs of danger to residents.

A similar fire incident occurred in April last year when emergency response teams were mobilised to battle a blaze at the Waaldijk Sawmill in Amelia’s Ward. The fire, which broke out on the evening of April 9, was eventually contained but took hours to fully extinguish.