2-Alarm Blaze Leaves Middletown Home Charred, Melts Bed
An afternoon fire left significant damage inside an Orange County home after flames tore through a bedroom and other parts of the structure.
Firefighters were dispatched around midday on Sunday, Dec. 7, to 127 Academy Ave. in Middletown for a reported structure fire, according to the city's fire department.
Upon arrival, crews confirmed heavy smoke and fire conditions and immediately transmitted a second alarm, the department said.
Mutual aid was called to assist, including the Slate Hill FASTeam on scene, while Pocatello Fire Department, Howells Fire Department, and Mechanicst…
Blaze Consumes Millerton Home: Cause Under Investigation
A house fire in Dutchess County drew multiple fire departments from across two states after heavy flames were reported pouring from a two-story residence on Route 22.
The blaze happened on Monday, Nov. 24, when crews were dispatched around 5:30 p.m. to 1050 Old Route 22 in Millerton after reports of a possible structure fire, according to the Millerton Fire Company.
Responding units from Amenia, Wassaic, Sharon, CT, and Lakeville, CT, along with the Town of Northeast Medic One, were soon called in under automatic mutual aid.
When Millerton’s first-arriving units reached the scene, th…
Fire Rips Through Lyndhurst Home, Sends One Firefighter To Hospital: Officials
A fire ripped through a Lyndhurst home on Saturday, May 31, forcing residents to flee and sending one firefighter to the hospital with a minor injury, authorities said.
The fire broke out around 1:40 p.m. on the lower 100 block of Copeland Avenue, the Lyndhurst Police Department said.
Flames shot through second floor windows of the home, where all occupants had already evacuated, fire officials said.
Firefighters from North Arlington, Rutherford, East Rutherford, and Secaucus assisted in knocking down the body of the fire and with mutual aid.
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2-Alarm Bedroom Blaze At Woodbury Home Displaces 1, Under Investigation
Firefighters battled a second-alarm blaze that broke out in the middle of the night inside an Orange County home, displacing one resident, fire officials said.
The fire was reported around 3:35 a.m. on Friday, May 2, at a home on Rockridge Drive in the Timber Ridge neighborhood of Woodbury, according to the Woodbury Fire Department.
Upon arrival, firefighters discovered an active bedroom fire, prompting a second alarm to bring in mutual aid from Monroe, Washingtonville, West Point, and Salisbury Mills.
Crews worked through the early morning hours to bring the blaze under control, finally c…
