Second Mill Fire In Days Burns In Woonsocket

WOONSOCKET, RI — Almost exactly a week after a fire destroyed a mill in Woonsocket, a second blaze broke in an adjacent mill building early Sunday morning, according to fire officials.

The first fire occurred early morning on July 29 in a vacant four-story commercial mill at 20 Privilege Street, officials said. The second fire was reported in a building at the same address overnight Sunday.

According to multiple online listings, 20 Privilege Street was built in 1902 and renovated in 1980. It contained two buildings: a main 192,440-square-foot mill and a secondary 27,000-square-foot building with two freight elevators, multiple staircases, and finished offices.

Multiple locals and officials took to social media to share photos and accounts of the first fire on July 29.

"There are flames at least 200 feet in the air and all the electricity in the whole surrounding area is completely out," one person wrote.

Patch reached out to the Woonsocket Fire Department for more information.