Villa Lane House Fully Involved on Arrival

The La Grange Fire Department, along with theirmutual aid partners, operated at a structure fire in a house underconstruction on Villa Lane, which occurred minutes before midnight on May 17, 2023. Firefighters arrived to find heavy fire in the rearof the structure, and within minutes, the structure was completely involved. The fire was so intense the traveling embers started numerous brush fires overa wide area, and the embers/radiant heat started fires in treetops around the structure. Crews also had to contend with a high-pressure natural gas leak on the side of the structure. Mutual aid came from City of Poughkeepsie, Arlington, East Fishkill, New Hackensack, Roosevelt, and Union Vale, as well as the NYSP, Dutchess County Sherriff’s Office, and the Dutchess County Department of Emergency Response Fire Investigation Division.