PHOTOS: The owners of Wild Mountain ski area are assessing the damage after a fire Tuesday morning destroyed a maintenance building and tools and machinery stored inside.
Chisago County Sheriff's personnel confirmed the fire, which broke out mid-morning at the Taylor's Falls business. In a post on the ski area's Facebook page, Wild Mountain says emergency responders arrived and had the fire under control as of 8 a.m. or so. The post also says no one was hurt.
"Our team will need to assess the damage and begin to formulate a plan to rebuild the structure over the coming months. Additionally, we will need a few days to understand if, or how, this event will effect our summer operations," reads the post. "We feel confident that our winter operations for 2021/22 will be not be significantly impacted."