Flames Heat Up Florida
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On October 2, 2011, the Florida Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to Lost Valley Road for a fully involved structure fire. Upon arrival, units found a mobile home well involved in flames. Firefighters made an aggressive attack on the fire and were able to save some of the sole occupant's belongings. The homeowner was transported to a local hospital by ground ambulance for smoke inhalation. The cause of the blaze is under investigation. Units on scene were from the Town of Florida Volunteer Fire Department, the Glen Volunteer Fire Department, the Fort Hunter Volunteer Fire Department, and the Burtonsville Volunteer Fire Department provided a tanker.
-Fire News photo by Mark Perfetti
Two Alarm Blaze
Knocked Down in Troy
October 16, 2011, Troy firefighter John Clayton is photographed as he maneuvers a hand line on a window casing at a second alarm fire on the second floor of a two-story, two family structure in the city.
-Fire News photo by Jeff Couch
Police Investigate Troy Fire
On October 25, 2011, Troy Fire Chief Tom Garrett said that the fire was considered suspicious, and stated that New York State fire investigators were called in to examine the building. The fire started in the basement of the restaurant on Second Avenue in Lansingburgh and quickly spread throughout the restaurant with heavy fire shooting out of the roof. Firefighters from Watervliet and Green Island aided the Troy Fire Department in battling the two alarm fire. Chief Garrett said the fire was brought under control in about an hour. Garret further stated that despite retaining smoke, fire and water damage, the structure was not a total loss. Captain John Cooney of the Troy Police Department stated that police obtained a search warrant for the restaurant and seized a part of the refrigeration unit and a compressor from the basement. The owner of the building had been embroiled in a legal battle with the man he leased the restaurant to. A 2009 fire at the adjoining Hot Dog Charlie's closed Trader Ed's for some time, and the restaurant had been closed for about a month before Thursday's fire.
-Fire News photo by Tom Heffernan
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