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Damaged mill knocked down in Enfield, piles of rubble remain

About 20 hours after a fire began to ravage a 127-year-old mill in Enfield, the last of the building was knocked down Thursday.

A demolition company razed the last of the Westfield Plate Co., also known as the casket building, before dawn. It is now reduced to piles of rubble, some of which continue to send up thin smoke.

“It came down last night,” said David Deskis, chief of the Thompsonville Fire Department. “There’s smoldering spots.”

Enfield, Ct. - 03/24/2021 - A three-alarm fire destroyed the former Westfield Plate Co. warehouse. Photograph by Mark Mirko | mmirko@courant.com
Enfield, Ct. - 03/24/2021 - A three-alarm fire destroyed the former Westfield Plate Co. warehouse. Photograph by Mark Mirko | mmirko@courant.