A wood carving destined to overlook the Williams Lake Stampede grounds was destroyed in a fire that ripped through the creator’s studio last Friday.
The cedar cow boss statue, a replacement for the 15-year-old original that collapsed due to rot, was accidentally set ablaze by the wood stove that carver Ken Sheen uses to burn off sawdust in his studio located off Highway 97 near McLeese Lake.
The highway was reduced to single-lane traffic for two hours as a result of the fire.
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