Cause of Fire
The cause of the fire has not readily been determined. My hypothesis is that because of the ice storm during the winter, the branches on the trees where damaged and ended up dying. On Easter the winds were in excess of 30 mph at some points and one of the dead branches fell onto one of the power lines. Although there were occupants in the cottages, the power lines were still live, and when knocked down, it caught fire when it came in contact with some of the dry materials, hence causing the largest fire in Lakes Region Mutual Fire Aid history.
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