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Police & Fire
Woman From Region Dies In House Fire Trying To Save Cats
A 46-year-old woman died in a house trailer fire in the region, reportedly attempting to save her cats. The incident occurred in Dutchess County at 125 Reagans Mill Road in Dover around 5 a.m. on Thursday, April 25. According to Capt. John Watterson of the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office, Ellen R. Travis of Dover, died as a result of the fire and was pronounced dead at the scene. "At this time, her death does not appear to be criminal in nature," Watterson said. "However, the investigation is continuing." The Dutchess County Fire Investigation Division and the Dutchess County Medical Exa…
Police & Fire
Video: House In Region Explodes Day New Renters Move In, 1 Person Critical
One person received third-degree burns when a house in the region exploded as new renters were moving in. The incident occurred in Sullivan County around 11 p.m., Saturday, March 2 at 2 Shirley St., in Monticello. A family was moving into their new home and unpacking before heading to bed when the residence was rocked by a massive explosion, according to Mark Lieb, of Rockland Video Productions, Monticello Assistant Fire Chief John Wells said there were nine people inside the house when the explosion occurred. Residents said they smelled gas before the event, Lieb said. The home was ripp…
Business
BJ's To Pay $9M For Not Reporting Air Conditioner Defect Linked To Death Of NY Mom, Feds Say
BJ's Wholesale Club has agreed to pay $9 million in penalties for failing to immediately report a known defect with an air conditioner it sold linked to the death of a mother after a house fire. The move by the Massachusetts-based company, located in Marlborough in Middlesex County, resolves its charges by the US. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The CPSC said BJ’s knowingly failed to immediately report to it, as required by law, that portable air conditioners manufactured by Royal Sovereign International, Inc. and sold by BJ’s, contained a defect that could create a substantial p…
Police & Fire
Resident Purposely Sets Fire To Capital Region Home Near Cemetery, Police Say
A 66-year-old man is accused of intentionally setting fire to his home in the region. Emergency crews in Rensselaer County were called at around 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 24, for a house fire in Troy’s Lansingburgh neighborhood, on 3rd Avenue near 106th Street. The home backs up to the Old Catholic Cemetery. When firefighters arrived, the home was fully engulfed in flames, according to Troy Police. Crews spent several hours dousing the fire. Nobody was injured in the blaze. After speaking with the sole resident, Blaise Lanni, investigators determined that he purposely started the fire. …
News
74-Year-Old Dies In Catskill House Fire, Explosion That Nearly Killed Firefighter
A 74-year-old man from the region was killed in a house fire and explosion that nearly claimed the life of a firefighter, authorities said. Emergency crews in Greene County were called at around 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 29, with reports that a home was on fire in the Village of Catskill, located on Main Street, according to State Police. By the time firefighters arrived, flames could be seen on all three floors, Catskill Fire Company officials said. A 74-year-old Catskill man was killed in a house fire and explosion that nearly claimed the life of a firefighter Wednesday morning, Ma…
Lifestyle
Support Swells For Capital Region Firefighter After Tragic Fire
The community has quickly pooled its support to help one of its most loved members after his house was destroyed in a fire. Saratoga County firefighter Mark Hines and his wife, Megan, were awoken at around 3:30 a.m. Sunday, March 19, by the sounds of metal ductwork warping, according to a Facebook post by the family. What they awoke to was a blaze starting to consume their Clifton Park home, located on Sugar Hill Road. The Hines’ grabbed their three children, all under the age of six, and evacuated from the house. Hines, who is a “dedicated” volunteer firefighter with the…
Police & Fire
New Update: Details Released After 5 Killed In Hudson Valley House Fire
Five people were killed, including 2 children under 18, and five were injured during a roaring Hudson Valley house fire. The blaze broke out in Rockland County around 4 a.m. on Saturday, March 4, at 118 South Lake St., Spring Valley. Spring Valley police and fire responded to the home within minutes after receiving multiple 911 calls reporting the fire, said Rockland County Executive Ed Day. Fire officials said the fire was so intense firefighters could not reach those trapped on the second floor of the two-family home where the fire originated. One resident, who was injured, jumped from …
Police & Fire
Woman's Body Recovered After House Fire Breaks Out In Hudson Valley
New York State Police have confirmed that an 80-year-old woman died in an Ulster County house fire. Jone G Miller was located deceased in her residence in the town of Rosendale following a house fire on Sunday, Jan. 22, said Trooper Steven Nevel. The fire took place at a home located at 267 Mossy Brook Road, state police said. Earlier report: Ulster County House Fire May Have Killed Person, Officials Searching Debris The first arriving units discovered a fully involved house fire and requested multiple surrounding agencies to help battle the large blaze, said Nevel. Reports of…
News
House Fire In Region May Have Killed Person, Officials Searching Debris
A raging house fire in the Hudson Valley may have killed one person who was reported trapped in the home. The blaze broke out in Ulster County in the town of Rosendale around 2:45 a.m., Sunday, Jan. 22 at 267 Mossy Brook Road. The first arriving units discovered a fully involved house fire and requested multiple surrounding agencies to help battle the large blaze, said Trooper Steven Nevel of the New York State Police. Reports of a woman inside the structure have been reported, but a body has not been located as fire officials continue searching the debris. Nevel said state police could n…
News
Woman Dies In Early Morning House Fire In Capital Region
A woman has died following an early morning house fire in the region. Emergency crews in Rensselaer County were called shortly after 5 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 18, with reports of a Wynantskill home on fire on Bellemead Street, according to the Wynantskill Fire Department. By the time firefighters arrived, two adults had escaped the home without injury after being woken up by smoke detectors, officials said. They then informed crews that an 82-year-old woman was still inside the house. Firefighters entered the home and located the woman within minutes, but were unable to save her, according to o…
Police & Fire
Movie Producer’s $6M NY Mansion Destroyed In Fire, Report Says
A multimillion-dollar New York mansion is a “100 percent loss” following an early-morning fire that drew multiple agencies. Crews were dispatched to the Long Island home, located in Southampton on Edge of Woods Road, at around 12:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 9, according to Southampton Fire spokesperson Chris Brenner. By the time firefighters arrived, the nine-bedroom, 9,500 square-foot home was fully engulfed in flames, Brenner said. It took crews about 30 minutes to get the blaze under control. The home as seen in a property listing from June 2022.Douglas Elliman Real Estate via Zillow Cre…
Police & Fire
Home Heavily Damaged After Fire Breaks Out In Region
A house was heavily damaged after an overnight fire in the Hudson Valley. The blaze broke out at around 8:45 p.m. Friday, Nov. 25 in Rockland County, at Regina Court in the hamlet of Blauvelt. Emergency responders found the house to be fully involved in flames upon arriving at the scene, according to the Orangetown Police Department. The Blauvelt Fire Department extinguished the fire with mutual aid assistance from the: Orangeburg Fire Department, Sparkill Fire Department, West Nyack Fire Department, Central Nyack Fire Department, Pearl River Fi…
Police & Fire
Crews Battling House Fire In Capital Region, Street Closed (Developing)
Crews were battling a house fire in the Capital Region Thursday evening, Nov. 10. Firefighters were called to a home in Albany, located on Hackett Boulevard near South Manning Boulevard, at around 4:20 p.m., according to Albany Police. Photos on social media showed a single-story home with several broken windows and walls that were blackened by soot. Albany fire dept working hard to put out a fire at 306 Hacket Blvd @WNYT pic.twitter.com/2R6mMsOXAG — Taniqua Pennix (@taniquatv) November 10, 2022 A neighbor told NewsChannel 13 that six people live in the home. Everyone got out safely,…
News
Man From Region Dies In House Fire
A Hudson Valley man was killed during a large house fire overnight. The fire took place in Orange County around 9:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 8 on Babes Lanes in the town of Newburgh. Police and firefighters responded to a home on Babes Lane after receiving 911 calls reporting smoke and fire, said Lt. Peter Talarico, of the town of Newburgh Police. Police arrived to find one of the five occupants had not emerged from the house safely. Unfortunately, the victim, identified as Michael Gida, age 64, succumbed to the fire and smoke, Talarico said. Gida was transported to St Luke's h…
News
ESPN Commentator's NY Home Destroyed In Fire, Report Says
The suburban New York home of ESPN commentator Mike Breen was destroyed in a fire over the weekend, according to a report from TMZ. Emergency responders on Long Island rushed to the scene of the blaze in North Hills at about 4 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 25, the Nassau County Police Department previously reported. TMZ reported that Manhasset-Lakeville Fire Department received reports from Breen's neighbors about the fire. No one was in the residence at the time. "Numerous hand lines as well as 2 ladder pipes and a deck gun were used to battle the fire," the Manhasset-Lakeville Fire De…
Police & Fire
Police Investigate Suspicious Fire At Capital District Home With Two Adults, Four Kids Present
A house fire that threatened a Capital District family and left a man hospitalized has been deemed suspicious by authorities. Emergency crews in Saratoga County were called just before 11 p.m. Wednesday, July 20, with reports of a residential fire in Greenwich on Bald Mountain Road. Four children and two adults were in the house when flames broke out and all were able to get out, New York State Police said. One adult suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was med-flighted to a hospital in Burlington, Vermont, according to police. Video from the scene showed extensive damage to the ho…
Police & Fire
Woman Killed After Massive Fire Breaks Out At Home In Region
A woman was killed and her 29-year-old son was critically injured during a house fire in the Hudson Valley. The blaze broke out in Orange County around 10:50 p.m., Wednesday, June 15 in the city of Newburgh at 68 Lander St. When an assistant fire chief arrived on the scene, for a reported kitchen fire, he found a large volume of smoke coming from all three floors of a middle-of-the-block, row-type brick house, with visible fire on the first and second floor, said Chief Francis Spinelli, of the city Newburgh Fire Department. A second alarm was immediately sounded. …
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