A fire has destroyed the main buildings at the Trinity River Lumber Co. mill in Weaverville. The fire broke out around 10:30 a.m. this morning (Saturday, Sept. 12). Everyone got out safely. By noon the flames had been knocked down, although the buildings still smoldered. One building had basically collapsed while major damage could be seen to other buildings. One of the large structures did not show fire damage on the outside. "We've lost the main guts of the mill," Mill Manager Dee Sanders said when the fire had subsided, adding that hopefully some parts of the mill were saved, but it was too soon to tell. Sanders said he is not sure how the fire got started and will need to talk to people who were at the scene. The mill does have insurance, but Sanders said it was too early to discuss rebuilding, especially since owner Frank Schmidbauer had not yet been reached with the news. More...