An emotional Ruth Nicolaci sees her son G. Bourne Knowles for the first time since learning that the business that she started with Mr. Bourne's father had caught fire. Lt. G. Bourne Knowles, who is a volunteer firefighter, was shocked when he was forced to fight a fire at his parents' business. A four alarm fire destroyed the office building and greenhouses of the G. Bourne Knowles and Company landscaping company located on Huttleston Avenue in Fairhavem, MA.