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After the fire, police officers instituted "preventive patrols" of the area, to prevent looting. "It is very dangerous right now," said police chief Bob Pasero. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

BMHC Stock Departs NYSE

BMC West parent Building Materials Holding Corp., San Francisco, Ca., is moving trading of its common stock from the New York Stock Exchange to the OTC Bulletin Board.

The company was not in compliance with NYSE's continued listing standards after its common stock's 30-trading-day average dipped below $1 per share.

Closed Bonner Mill Sold

A real estate developer has Purchased most of the assets of Stimson Lumber's shuttered sawmill in Bonner, Mt., with the eventual goal of buying the entire 155-acre property. Scott Cooney and several unnamed investors made the purchases during a two-day auction held by Stimson, which is based in Portland, Or.

"We bought the sawmill building and a significant part of what's inside it," said Cooney. "We bought all the conveyors and feeds to the boiler; he hog-fuel storage and feeds," he said. "We bought the mechanic shop and the kiln out-feed building. We bought the machine shop and a significant amount of everything inside of it."

The developer said he wants to buy the rest of the property-which is listed for sale at $16 million-to keep the buildings on site to attract industrial tenants. The I 25-year-old mill processed its last logs in May and has been listed for sale since August.

"It's in really good shape and it would be a crime to tear it down. You can't afford to build something like this today," said Mark Medley, who traveled to the two-day auction from Santa, Id., hoping to purchase frontend loaders for his cedar products company.

"It was a good mill. I'm sorry to see it go," said Jeff Webber, v.p. of manufacturing for Stimson.