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Early Morning Fire Consumes House For Second Time
Firefighters responded early this morning to a house fire at the intersection of Mountain Lane and Mount Beacon Monument Road.
This is the second time the same house has burned, the first time being the summer of 2005, and the second time where issues of adequate water pressure that kept the fire from being brought fully under control.
The Dispatch reported in the fall of 2005 and spring of 2006 on the quality of water pressure to the end of Mountain Lane. It was apparent this morning that hydrant pressure in these areas is still an issue that needs to be addressed as firefighters on the scene, who had applied to water to the fully engulfed structure after at least 30 minutes on the scene, stated that they were still having trouble with pressure.
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City of Beacon Fire Department
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***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE***
Date: February 18, 2008
Contact: Andrew Phelps, Public Information Officer, City of Beacon F.D.
PIO@BeaconFd.org
Incident Information:
Date: Monday, February 18, 2008
Type of Incident: Structure Fire
Location:12 Mountain Lane, Beacon, NY.
Alarm Time: 0435
Departments Responding: City of Beacon F.D., City of Beacon P.D., Beacon Volunteer Ambulance, Glenham F.D., Fishkill F.D. and Chelsea F.D. and Rombout F.D. provided coverage for the City of Beacon during the incident.
Incident Commander: Beacon Fire Chief Timothy Joseph
Incident Summary: City of Beacon Fire Department was dispatched to a house fire across from 31 Mountain Lane at 0435 Chief Joseph confirmed a working structure fire in a vacant, single-family house. Chief Joseph transmitted a second alarm bringing an engine from Glenham’s Slater Chemical Co. to the scene as well as Village of Fishkill’s Firefighter Assist and Search Team (FAST). The fire was knocked down after an hour-long exterior attack. Firefighters began overhauling the structure once the fire was extinguished, however, heavy excavation equipment was needed to knock down the remaining front exterior wall. There were no reported injuries and the fire is under investigation. All City of Beacon was placed back in service at 0957, five hours and twenty minutes after the first units arrived on-scene.