WGXC's Chris Bishop recorded parts of the Ghent Town meeting Thu., Sept. 20 where folks discussed the Ghent Industrial Fire of Aug. 2, 2012. The meeting was moved at the last minute, to the VFW Hall to accomodate a large audience. First, West Ghent Fire Chief Jim Cesternino explains how even knowing there was sodium in the building, the firemen did a "surround and drown" with water on the fire, hoping it was just a "contents fire."

From Bishop's Facebook feed:

"Secondly, after the TCI section of the meeting was over and all but a few attendees went home or to Kozels, Ted Gutterman discussed who from the Town of Ghent was actually at the August 16 meeting at the West Ghent Firehouse: 'The Town of Ghent was well represented at that meeting. Not only was I there but the Town Engineer was there. The Chairman of the Planning Board was there. The Planning Board had a quorum there, they could have had a meeting. There were several members of the Planning Board there. There were at least two members of the Zoning Board there including the Zoning Board Chairman. The Building Inspector was there. Our Zoning Enforcement Officer was there.... I think the Town is doing a good job of keeping up to date, we're getting reports on a daily basis on what is going on with the site.'"