Fires at AbitibiBowater

A pair of separate fires at the AbitibiBowater mill in Fort Frances have been ruled as accidental.

Members of Fort Frances Fire and Rescue Service were first called to the mill 8:30 a.m. Saturday to a fire that occurred in an area above the lime-kiln.

After remaining on scene until 10 p.m., firefighters were called back to the mill a few hours later to a fire in a storage building located below the lime-kiln.

Officials says both fires were the result of wood materials that had been exposed to heat over a period of time, eventually igniting.