fire – The Cornwall Local

And down it goes

March 15, 2019 Editorial Staff

The residence at 231 Main Street was demolished on March 14 after it was damaged in a fire.

Car bursts into flames

December 6, 2018 Jason Kaplan

Highland Engine Company responded to a fully engulfed vehicle on Mineral Springs Road. Nobody was trapped inside of the vehicle. Cause of the fire is unknown.

Fully engulfed

November 29, 2018 Jason Kaplan

Volunteers with Highland Engine Company made quick work extinguishing a fully engulfed vehicle…

Battle of the blaze

March 17, 2016 Jason Kaplan

Shortly after 1 p.m., Nicole Johnson, 28 of Croton, was traveling northbound on Route 9W, in her father’s 2011 Hyundai Sonata, when she noticed smoke coming from under the hood.

Attic fire on Roe Avenue

February 15, 2016 Ken Cashman

Firefighters were called out for a second time this morning. This time seven trucks from Cornwall and Vails Gate responded to an attic fire on Roe Avenue.

Agent rescues woman in car fire

February 1, 2016 Ken Cashman

At 11:45 this morning, a Main Street businesswoman heard an explosion and looked out the window to see a car going up in flames.

Storm King puts out chimney fire

December 31, 2015 Ken Cashman

The Storm King Engine Company extinguished a chimney fire just as it started extending into the walls of the DeFreest home on Clark Avenue in the Village.

Structure fire

November 20, 2015 Jason Kaplan

At 3:41 p.m., emergency personnel responded to a structure fire at 12 Union St., Cornwall.

Transformer causes fire and power outage

November 18, 2015 Jason Kaplan

Shortly before 1 p.m., a spark from a transformer caused a brush fire and power outage to over 2,000 residents living in the Town of Cornwall and Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson.

Willow Avenue fire update

July 17, 2015 Jason Kaplan

Thursday night’s fire, which destroyed the interior of a home, located at 234 Willow Avenue, was determined to be accidental in nature and caused by an electrical malfunction in the kitchen.