Gust of Wind Blows Off Roof of Gardner Fire Department
According to a post by Gardner MA Mayor Michael Nicholson, high winds early on the morning of February 29, 2024 blew off the roof of the Gardner Fire Department Headquarters on City Hall Avenue.
This is what the Mayor posted, “Last evening, at approximately 1:50am, the roof of the Gardner Fire Department blew off. Around the same time, the wind gauge at the station recorded a gust of 60mph. Crews are at the site for emergency repairs being made in the short term, with a full replacement being reviewed with the City’s insurance company. No one was injured and no equipment was damaged as a result. The City’s Administration had been looking at replacing this roof for the last 4 years. In fact, just last week, our design engineers were creating a report on how to best replace the roof to fix the leaking issues it had been having. The roof is original to the building’s 1978 construction and was substantially patched in 2001.”
Top photo is a screenshot from a video taken of the moment this occurred.
