Nova Scotia

Former Bowater Mersey Paper mill fire extinguished

Multiple fire departments responded to a blaze at the site of the former Bowater Mersey Paper mill in Liverpool, N.S. The mill has been closed for 10 years.

Multiple fire departments responded to the blaze at mill that shut down in 2012

Firefighters at the former Bowater Mersey mill on Monday evening. (Dave Laughlin/CBC)

Multiple fire departments responded to a fire at the former Bowater Mersey Papermill in Liverpool, N.S., Monday evening.

According Port Medway Fire and Emergency, one of several departments responding to the blaze, the call for the fire came in around 5:15 p.m. on Monday.

The fire was out by about 8 p.m. 

The mill shut down in June 2012.

Firefighters extinguished the flames on the back side of the mill. (Dave Laughlin/CBC)