By Andrew Gorosko
Published: August 20, 2019 10:00 am
Botsford, Sandy Hook, and Hook & Ladder volunteer firefighters responded during a thunderstorm at about 4:01 pm on Monday, August 19, to a fire that was reported to be in the vicinity of Interstate & Lakeland Lumber at 46 Swamp Road in Botsford and found the blaze to be located nearby, amid the industrial ruins of the former Batchelder aluminum smelting plant at 46-A Swamp Road.