Fire at AWP causes estimated $3M in damages

From staff reports

A fire that broke out Saturday morning at Allegheny Wood Products in Marble Township, Clarion County caused an estimated $3 million in damages, according to a state police fire marshal.

Police said the blaze began “in an area on the inside the structure” about 2:30 a.m. Several fire departments from Clarion, Venango and Forest counties assisted at the scene.

No one was injured, police said.

The sawmill and dry kiln operation does have insurance, police said.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

AWP is owned by a West Virginia-based company of the same name that owns and operates five dry kilns and nine sawmills with Marble being the only Pennsylvania facility, according to the company’s website.