Four-alarm Fire at Winery Battled by Firefighters in Owensville, MO
Owensville and firefighters from surrounding departments battled a four-alarm fire at a popular Gasconade County winery and restaurant.
"We could see the fire when we were leaving the city limits of Owensville," Owensville Fire Chief Jeff Arnold told KSDK.
The two-story, 15,000-square-foot Wenwood Bay Winery and Restaurant was destroyed.
"We had roughly 17 different agencies respond, with the temperature and our closest reliable hydrant was all the way back here in Owensville, so it was a great distance to get back to the hydrant to be able to refill. So we were going through quite a bit of water at first, so we needed to have the extra tanker trucks there for water supply," Arnold said.
Wenwood General Manager Vicki Tate said there was a murder mystery event at the winery. Hours later, the fire erupted.
The state fire marshals office is investigating.
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