Pump House Burns to Ground at New York Ski Area

Disaster of the 1983 Talking Heads variety struck at Holiday Mountain in New York over the weekend.High winds took a utility pole down onto the ski area's snowmaking pump house, which held three large transformers. The impact of the utility pole caused the transformers to spark and ultimately start a fire in the pump house.
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