Bridgewater store catches fire one year after historic flooding [Video]

OF 19-YEAR OLD AYDEN BUFFAM FROM MASSENA. POLICE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING. ONE UPPER VALLEY BUSINESS JUST CAN’T CATCH A BREAK. IN THE PAST YEAR THEY’VE GONE THROUGH HISTORIC FLOODING, AND MOST RECENTLY A FIRE. NBC 5’S JOHN HAWKS WAS IN BRIDGEWATER TODAY AND SPOKE WITH THE BUSINESS OWNERS ABOUT HOW THEY’RE FARING. <JOHN> THE SHACKLETONTHOMAS HANDMADE FURNITURE AND POTTERY STORE SAW ANOTHER SETBACK OVER THE WEEKEND… A FIRE BROKE OUT ON THEIR THIRD FLOOR. <CHARLES SHACKLETON SHACKLETONTHOMAS FURNITURE & POTTERY WE DON’T REALLY KNOW WHY IT STARTED. IT COULD HAVE BEEN SOMETHING ELECTRICAL TO FIRE. CHARLIE SHACKLETONHAS BEEN IN BUSINESS IN BRIDGEWATER FOR NEARLY 40 YEARS MAKING POTTERY AND FURNITURE IN THE OLD MILL BUILDING… <CHARLES SHACKLETON SHACKLETONTHOMAS FURNITURE & POTTERY THEY ALL SAY IT’S A TINDERBOX. BUT WE’VE BEEN HERE 37 YEARS AND WE’VE NEVER HAD A FIRE. SO THIS WAS THE FIRST ONE AND IT WAS SMALL AND …