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Gary Van Voorhis
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Beacon Firefighters Handle Porta Potty Fire
Firefighters face all kinds of emergencies. Sometimes it might be a blaze in a high-rise or a car crash, and then sometimes, it might be a fire in a porta potty. That's what Beacon firefighters found on a call Thursday morning at a construction site on Hastings Drive for Highland Hospital, said Beacon Fire Chief Gary Van Voorhis. Firefighters found a porta potty smoking when they arrived at the large construction site: "The employees had already put out most of the fire with snow and water," he said. But, the fire was no laughing matter, he added with a construction trailer sit…