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House Built In 1900 At Total Loss Following Three-Alarm Fire In Area House Built In 1900 At Total Loss Following Three-Alarm Fire In Area
House Built In 1900 At Total Loss Following Three-Alarm Fire In Area A three-alarm fire destroyed a 120-year-old home in Dutchess County. The Milan and Red Hook fire department responded to the fire around 1:30 p.m., Monday, Jan. 11 at a home located at 345 Fitzsimmons Road, in Milan on the Columbia County Line with Dutchess County, said the Milan Fire Department. When firefighters arrived on the scene they found heavy smoke and heavy fire from the ground through the roof, the department said. Firefighters quickly worked to tamper down any exposures to the garage, a barn, vehicles, and a camper trailer that were heating up. The home, built in 1900, was und…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Lightning Strike Burns Electrical Panel At Area Home Lightning Strike Burns Electrical Panel At Area Home
Lightning Strike Burns Electrical Panel At Area Home An intense thunderstorm over the weekend in the Rhinebeck area kept firefighters on the run, especially when a house was struck by lightning. The incident took place around 2:56 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 3, on Montgomery Street off Route 9 in Rhinebeck, said Rhinebeck Fire Department Spokesman Jeff Cotter. Arriving crews encountered smoke showing from the eaves of the home and a significant amount of smoke throughout the house, Cotter said. An investigation found that an electrical current likely back-fed into the electrical panel box resulting in the smoke condition.  Firefighters remove…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Red Hook Police Officer Rescues Overdose Victim Red Hook Police Officer Rescues Overdose Victim
Red Hook Police Officer Rescues Overdose Victim A Red Hook police officer will be honored with a Life-Saving Award after reviving a Columbia County man who was overdosing in a car. The incident took place on Saturday, June 1, when Red Hook Officer James Simmons responded to a call on Route 9/Fraleigh Lane in the Town of Red Hook for an unconscious male slumped over the steering wheel not breathing, the department said on Facebook. Simmons, also a firefighter with the Tivoli Fire Department, sat the man up and saw that he was turning purple not breathing.  With the assistance of the Milan Fire Department Chief Kurt Mitzger, they too…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Family Of Three Displaced Following Two-Alarm Fire In Area Family Of Three Displaced Following Two-Alarm Fire In Area
Family Of Three Displaced Following Two-Alarm Fire In Area A family of three are temporarily homeless following a chimney fire that ripped through the two-story home in Milan. The fire started around 3 p.m. Sunday, at 123 Shookville Road, said Jeffrey Galm, second assistant chief for the Milan Fire Department. Chief Kurt Mizgier was first to arrive on the scene and found flames through an exterior wall and roof, Galm said. The family -- mother, father, child and a cat, -- had evacuated safely before the department arrived.  A second alarm was dispatched bringing about 45 firefighters from Red Hook, Rhinebeck, and Livingston fire departments. The…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Two-Alarm Dutchess Home Fire Displaces One Two-Alarm Dutchess Home Fire Displaces One
Two-Alarm Dutchess Home Fire Displaces One A two-alarm mobile home fire in Rhinebeck left one person displaced, according to the Rhinebeck Fire Department.  The fire started around 3:46 p.m. Wednesday at 20 Hidden Valley Road, with Rhinebeck fire crews responding within four minutes, the department reported. Once on scene, firefighters found a large fire and transmitted a second alarm and requested assistance at the scene. Crews were able to quickly douse the blaze and went through the home to make sure there was no one inside.  The one person who lives in the mobile home, was not home at the time and no one was injured, Rhinebeck…

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by Kathy Reakes