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'It Started So Quick': 3 Killed, 2 Injured In 'Hoarding'-Fueled House Fire In Capital Region 'It Started So Quick': 3 Killed, 2 Injured In 'Hoarding'-Fueled House Fire In Capital Region
'It Started So Quick': 3 Killed, 2 Injured In 'Hoarding'-Fueled House Fire In Capital Region A family is reeling after three people were killed and two others were hospitalized following a fast-moving house fire in Upstate New York. Multiple agencies were called to a Colonie residence on Locust Park shortly before 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 27. Firefighters and police arrived to find the home fully engulfed in flames and multiple residents trapped inside, Colonie Police said. Despite the efforts of first responders, three people died and two others were taken by ambulance to Albany Medical Center Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. The victims had not been publicly …

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by Michael Mashburn
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'Left Her To Die': Capital Region Man Sentenced For Setting Woman On Fire, Burning Second 'Left Her To Die': Capital Region Man Sentenced For Setting Woman On Fire, Burning Second
'Left Her To Die': Capital Region Man Sentenced For Setting Woman On Fire, Burning Second A man from the region may spend the rest of his life behind bars for trying to kill a woman by setting her on fire and seriously burning a second victim. Houston Ketter, age 41, of Albany, was sentenced to 50 years in prison in Albany County Court on Tuesday, Dec. 19, after a jury found him guilty of attempted murder. According to the district attorney’s office, Ketter “acted in an especially cruel and wanton manner” when he set Kari Rouse on fire near Bradford and Robin streets in Albany on Nov. 13, 2022. Earlier Report - ‘Especially Cruel’: Man Set Woman On Fire, Burned Second In Alban…

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by Michael Mashburn