Torches spark Loch Lomond fire

City sewer and water supervisor Mike McLeod retrieves a portable water pump that melted in a fire Thursday at the former Loch Lomond water treatment plant. (Sandi Krasowski)

A small fire at the former Loch Lomond water treatment plant on Thursday proved an inconvenience for the work crews dismantling the facility, but was no trouble for Thunder Bay firefighters.