VIDEO/PHOTOS: If you’ve ever gotten firewood from a Town Pump, KOA, or local campground, that wood likely came from S & D Firewood. Based in Manhattan, S & D has been keeping folks warm for more than 30 years. Just how much wood are they producing each season? “About 4,000 cords of firewood. And then bundles — 3,000 pallets’ worth, and there are 72 bundles on a pallet. So, a lot,” said Kristy Thompson. Thompson is the manager of S & D. She knows a thing or two about firewood, considering she’s been cutting it for the past 10 years. Just over a week ago, she said:
“We just got our yard full. We just got our last log truck in for this part of the season.” But last Tuesday, during those intense lightning storms, Thompson got a call — and probably some of the worst news you can imagine for the manager of a firewood yard. “It was a living nightmare. I mean, it’s our worst nightmare. I couldn’t even believe it was true,” she said. Thousands of tons of wood were engulfed in flames. “I literally could not see anything but flames. I could see it from Belgrade,” Thompson said.
