By Kate Shunney, Morgan Messenger
BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. — On Monday, heavy equipment moved around the remains of Coolfont’s Treetop House, pushing charred material off the floor of what had been the main reception area for resort guests for more than 50 years.
A January 26 fire consumed the distinctive A-frame lodge that was the recognizable symbol of the wooded resort on Cold Run Valley Road, and collapsed an attached addition to that main structure.
A few trees next to the lodge showed signs of the blaze that burned so hot that fire crews had to turn back from their frontal attack on that Sunday night fire. Fire units from four states responded to the structure fire, which rekindled twice on Monday, January 27 and smoked for days.
Structural material of the building largely collapsed into the basement level of the middle part of the lodge during the fire. Last week, work began to move that debris out of the way and to dismantle what was left the lodge roof structure. Many of the roof rafters remained intact after the fire.
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