STEPHENTOWN, NY - On November 12th at 4:15 A.M., the Stephentown Fire Department, Hoags Corners Fire Department, and Stephentown Ambulance were dispatched to a reported barn fire with multiple calls at 1438 Route 43. The callers were reporting multiple vehicles to be on fire also on scene. The chief called en route to the scene and requested Averill Park Fire Department and Taborton Fire Department to stand by in station with manpower and tankers to possibly respond to the scene. As the chief was doing so, the dispatcher notified the chief that they had a confirmed working barn fire that was fully involved according to the multiple callers and requested the two departments to the scene.

Stephentown Car 1 arrived on scene and immediately transmitted the Signal 30 for a fully involved barn fire with a vehicle fully involved away from the barn and an exposure issue with the house. The first arriving engine tanker on scene deployed a hand line and began to knock down the car fire in the driveway that was spreading to another vehicle. Firefighters immediately went to work knocking down the heavy fire condition of the barn along with a vehicle that was inside of the barn. The barn had already collapsed in on itself and firefighters utilized foam to knock down some of the large fire conditions on scene. As firefighters were working, resources quickly began to arrive on scene and firefighters went to work knocking down the fire. As they were doing so, a chief noticed a brush fire that had started down the road from an ember from the barn and utilized a water can and knocked it down before it could spread into the mountain.

Firefighters on scene continued to knock down the fire condition from the barn, and as they were doing so, a firefighter checked the house and noticed that an eve was on fire. The firefighter utilized a hook and pulled the gutter and the eve around the fire as another firefighter grabbed a hand line and knocked down the fire condition in the house. Firefighters made their way inside of the home and checked for any further extension. Within 40 minutes, the incident was fully under control and all of the visible fire was knocked down. Firefighters continued to conduct extensive overhaul on scene for over an hour before picking up. Fire investigators from Rensselaer County arrived on scene and began to conduct an investigation into the fire. At this time no cause has been released. Also, no injuries have been reported. This incident could’ve been worse, as there was a significant wind that day and extremely dry conditions in the woods nearby that created a high potential for a large brush fire from this fire.