After onfy 77 doys in business Devq stoting fire completely destroys new retqil building moteriqls ysrd

A NEW RETAIL store in Rancho Corn douu, Calif., in operation less than three months, was totally destroyed by a raging fire that swept through the yard on September 5.

Damage to the Cordova Lumber Company was estimated at over $100,000 by owner Tom Watts oI Fair Oaks. The yard had only been open since June 20.

Watts said most of the building and contents were insured and that little if anvthing could be salvaged.

The lumber facility consisted of one large structure which housed most of the yard's inventory.

Watts also owns the Gateway lumber yard in Orangevale, Calif., and has been in the lumber business for more than 12 years. He said the firm would rebuild on the same location.

All of the company's records and books are kept at the Orangevale store. Watts said customers will be handled through the other plant.

The blaze, reported by passers-by, was battled for more than an hour by the Rancho Cordova Fire Department.

"The building was totally ablaze when we arrived on the scene," reported Fire Chief Elmer R. McBeath. o'We did everything possible but the fire was coming through the roof and the front of the building was beginning to cave-in."

An B5-foot aerial platform firetruck and five engine companies of the Rancho Cordova department poured water on the fire, The only available source of water was a small irrigation canal which runs in front of t}e property.

A major portion of the department's 60 full time and volunteer firemen were called to the scene.

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