Quick Work Limits Damage From Middleburgh Fire

MIDDLEBURGH - On Saturday, November 23, the Middleburgh Fire Department was dispatched at 7:45pm for a reported structure fire at 136 Wells Avenue Apt. 3. 

Middleburgh fire first unit on the scene at 7:51pm, six minutes later. Members of the interior team quickly noticed fire in stove and a crack heating element in the oven, fire confined to the oven. A quick action from the resident with an ABC fire extinguisher effectively smoldered the fire and fire was unable to spread. Officials said that 11 personnel, Engine Tanker 1232, and Ladder 1281 responded to the scene.