CROWN POINT — Three vacant seasonal camps were destroyed by a fast-moving fire around noon Tuesday.
A propane storage tank at one of the camps exploded and started a blaze that spread to all three places, fire officials said.
The camps are located off Lake Road on Lake Champlain in the town of Crown Point and fire officials were trying to determine ownership Wednesday since all three were unoccupied.
Essex County Emergency Services Director Matthew Watts said there were no injuries fighting the fires, and mutual aid to Crown Point A.E. Phelps Fire Department was called in from Ticonderoga, Moriah, Mineville-Witherbee, Port Henry, Westport-Wadhams, Chilson and Putnam, as well as Addison and Bridport, Vermont.
Ticonderoga and LaMoille EMS had ambulances on standby there and Ticonderoga Fire Auxiliary provided firefighters with food and beverages. National Grid was called to cut power to the camps.
Watts said Essex County fire investigators and fire coordinators were on scene and the cause is being probed.
Canadian-Pacific Railway had to suspend trains that run through the area because fire tankers were running back and forth to provide water. The last fire unit cleared at 7:45 p.m., Watts said.