Schoharie County Fire Departments Deploy to Herkimer County

SCHOHARIE - From the Schoharie County Emergency Services facebook page.

In wake of flooding caused by the past two day's substantial rainfall, Schoharie County has deployed six Storm Emergency Fire Units to assist in flood recovery efforts in Herkimer County after the state canvassed personnel and equipment this afternoon.

Members of the Cobleskill, Central Bridge, Jefferson and Summit Fire Departments were deployed for as long as 72 hours to aid the Villages of Mohawk and Ilion recover after the second round of localized flash flooding in as many weeks has struck Central New York.

This story will be updated as more information becomes available.