The Dec. 30 fire at the Primrose Garden Gift Shop on Central Street was caused by a garden lantern (with a lit candle inside) that somehow fell over on the store’s back porch, according to Primrose Shop owner Anne Nestor.
In a phone interview on New Year’s Day, Nestor said Unicorn owner Jeffrey Kahn was her “guardian angel” in the ordeal. Kahn just happened to be walking by when the fire started, and came in to help Nestor pull the pin out of her fire extinguisher and eliminate the small blaze before it had a chance to spread.
Woodstock firefighters were on-scene within minutes and quickly finished the job. Several pieces of inventory were lost in the fire. Beyond that, Nestor said only some clean-up on the porch remains to be done.
Julia Carlisle
Woodstock Early Bird 