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North Surrey sawmill ablaze

Three-alarm fire continues to burn at MacKenzie Sawmill.
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A massive fire burns at MacKenzie Sawmill in North Surrey. The blaze broke out Tuesday morning.


An immense has fire broken out at MacKenzie sawmill in Bridgeview.

Black smoke arising from 11732 130 St. was first noticed at about 10:30 a.m. Tuesday and went to a third alarm about an hour later when a second building caught fire. By that time, the sawmill was completely ablaze.

MacKenzie Sawmill has about 70 employees, however there are no injuries reported at this time.

An employee at the scene said they were just installing an "edger" (a machine that breaks down wood). He was unable to say whether that was the sources of the fire.

Updates will be posted as they become known.