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Two Women Hurt in B loom ington Crash

BLOOMINGTON, NY - A car vs. truck crash on Rt. 32 in Bloomington at the south end of Kallop Rd. resulted in entrapment of two persons on October 28th. Bloomington Fire Chief Joe Hafner said it took about 20 minutes to free the victims. Initially, firefighters feared serious injuries. Rosendale Fire Dept, was asked to set up a helicopter landing zone, but upon evaluation of the victims both were transported by ground. The truck driver was not injured.

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Vehicle Fire in Henrietta on Halloween Night

HENRIETTA, NY - On Halloween night, October 31st, at approximately 8:00 P.M., Henrietta firefighters responded to a vehicle fire on the southbound off-ramp of Interstate 390 at Hylan Drive. The fire was quickly brought under control with no injuries to firefighters or civilians.

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Structure Fire fo r Jamestown

JAMESTOWN, N Y -A t 5:22 P.M. on October 15th, Jamestown Police came upon a structure fire at North Main and Crossman Streets. Jamestown Fire Department was dispatched to the scene, while Fulvanna was requested to standby at the scene with their ambulance. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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Two-Alarm S tru ctu re Fire on Lander S t. in C ity o f Newburgh

NEWBURGH, NY - The City of Newburgh FD responded to a reported structure fire at 158 Lander Street on October 23rd. On arrival Command requested a second-alarm to be transmitted, bringing West Point and Air National Guard Fire Departments to the scene. The fire was found on the first floor and had extended to the basement area. Firefighters used hand lines to knock the flames down. City of Newburgh Police blocked off Lander Street during the incident. Mobile Life ALS, Central Hudson and the Red Cross were also requested to respond, as well as the City of Newburgh Fire Investigation Unit. Cronomer Valley and Middlehope Fire Departments stood by at the public safety building. The fire is now under investigation.

THOMAS MARRA Fire crews faced unique hazards when a car snapped a pole with transformers on fire and almost a vehicle fire against a fence as well.

Crash Creates Unique Hazards fo r F ire fig h te rs in Front o f Local S elkirk Drive-In

SELKIRK, NY - A car crash in Selkirk created a unique hazard for first responders and forced a local drive-in to close on a busy Saturday night.

Multiple 911 calls began flooding the Bethlehem Communications Center for a car that struck a pole with transformers on the ground and on fire next to the car in front of the Jericho Drive-in on Jericho Road around 2:15 P.M. on October 2nd.

Arriving units from Selkirk Fire stated that the driver was out of the vehicle, however, there was active fire on the ground. The car had struck and broke a utility pole, causing three transformers that power the drive-in to fall and catch fire in the brush on the side of the road. The front of the car was in the brush and against the fence to the property of the drive-in, preventing

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firefighters from being able to disconnect the battery from the car.

National Grid arrived on the scene and advised fire crews that it was safe to get closer and use a dry- chemical extinguisher on the transformer fire. As time went on the car began to produce smoke from under the hood that kept growing and growing.

With the front of the car against the fence with no safe way to disconnect the battery and a tow truck 20 minutes away, fire crews made the decision to pull the car from the ditch to get it up to the road before there was a vehicle fire added to the hazards.

Fire crews used the hitch on the back of a fire chief’s vehicle to tow the car away from the fence so they could disconnect the battery and prevent a fire. Jericho Road was closed from Route 9W to Elm Avenue East until tow crews removed the car. National Grid remained on the scene overnight to replace the pole and transformers.

Jericho Drive-in was forced to close the drive-in Saturday night as they were without power.

It is unclear the direction of travel or factors in the crash, as Bethlehem Police have not provided a statement as of this report, however, the driver did refuse medical attention at the scene.

The Selkirk Fire Department responded with Delmar-Bethlehem EMS, Albany County Paramedics and Bethlehem Police.

- THOMAS MARRA