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Journal photo / Frieda Squires
Anne DiMonti, director at the Audubon Society Education Center, walks with Kristen Swanberg, senior director of education programs, today as they look at the fire damage to the boardwalk. About half of the quarter-mile boardwalk will have to be replaced.

BRISTOL Although police said this morning that there were still some hot spots where a fire burned part of the boardwalk in the Audubon's Wildlife Refuge yesterday , this weekend's Earth Day celebration -- including computer recycling and nature walks -- are still on as scheduled.

The fire moved toward Narragansett Bay -- not the Audubon's Education Center -- and was contained by the Bristol and Warren Fire Departments to an area between the McIntosh Wildlife Refuge between the bike path and the Bay.

The fire began somewhere opposite of Hanley Farm Road, in Warren, around 4 p.m., spreading south through Bristol. See an aerial shot of the region here.

Fire crews were on the scene this morning, extinguish the remaining hot spots.

For more on Earth Day, click here to find out more about the annual Audubon celebration and find a list of events in Bristol and beyond.

Comments

Bill B said:

It is such a shame that the boardwalk that was on the front of the Thursday Lifebeat section is the same boardwalk that burned a few hours later.

Firefighters in Bristol were predicting a fire this week (school vacation).

I hope every parent nearby is asking there child where they were yesterday afternoon.

Bill

Link | April 18, 2008 11:48 AM
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