Firefighters respond to fire, smoke-filled house in Clarendon
Photos by Tom Rivers
CLARENDON – Many local firefighters responded to 4581 Holley-Byron Rd. to a house that was filled with smoke after a fire in a side wall.
Nobody was home in the house owned by Will Grathouse when firefighters were dispatched to the scene at about 11:30 p.m. on Sunday.
The top photo shows the ladder truck from Holley. There were also personnel from at least Clarendon, Holley, Fancher-Hulberton-Murray, Albion, Barre and South Byron fire departments, as well as Monroe Ambulance, the State Police, Orleans County Sheriff’s Office and the Orleans County Emergency Management Office.
Smoke spews from the windows in the top floor of the house.
Firefighters broke windows in the first floor of the house to let out smoke.
Earl Jenks of the Clarendon Fire Company was at the controls for Clarendon’s ladder truck.
Doug Bentley of the Barre Volunteer Fire Company was among the group of firefighters who were at the scene well past midnight.
No other information is available.
