02/10/10
At 1239 hours on February 10, 2010, Columbia 911 dispatched the Valatie Fire Department with automatic mutual aid from Kinderhook
with Engine 35-1, for an indoor smoke investigation at 3201 Church Street in the Village of Valatie.
The crew of Engine 55-2 found an odor of something burning in the rear apartment on the first floor of a three story
brick multiple dwelling. The primary search was negative. On the secondary search the
crew of Engine 55-2 found the source to be a malfunctioning space heater.