Hillsborough has opened an investigation into the cause of the Bellevue Mill fire that started Friday evening.
Hillsborough Fire Marshal Jerry Wagner is seeking any photos taken from inside the weaving room of the former Bellevue Manufacturing Company textile mill.
Anyone with interior photos is asked to scan and email them to the fire marshal. Copies of photos also may be dropped off at the Fire Marshal’s Office, 890 N.C. 86 N.
The fire began around five o’clock and other crews from the surrounding area responded and had the fire contained before 7:30 Friday night.
No injuries were reported and the fire did not impact any of the other historic buildings or nearby homes.
The Bellevue Mill, which dates back to the early 1900s, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has been designated by the Hillsborough Board of Commissioners as a local historic landmark.
The last occupant of the mill was Flynt Fabrics, which closed its Hillsborough operations in September 2000.
A renovation had been planned to turn the mill into apartments.
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