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Structure Fire Cool Timber Road Austerlitz 08/07/15
Columbia County 911 dispatched the Austerlitz Fire District and Greenport Rescue at 1:34pm for a reported residential structure fire at 72 Cool Timber Road in the Town Of Austerlitz. Under automatic mutual aid Niverville was dispatched to respond with their F.A.S.T. team. 

Command requested additional mutual aid from Ghent, Philmont, Hillsdale, Mellenville, and Claverack.

Firefighters from Craryville stoodby at the Philmont Station and firefighters from Copake stoodby in their own quarters for Hillsdale.



New York State Electric & Gas was requested to respond to disconnect power from the home.

Fire Coordinator Howe and Deputy Fire Coordinators Hunt, Keeler, Loeffler and Harvey were on the scene.

The Columbia County Sheriff's Department, Columbia County Cause & Origin Team and the New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control are investigating. The New York State Police assisted at the scene.   


Firefighters cleared the scene at 11:44pm. 



Austerlitz Fire District Firefighters were called back to the scene on Saturday for a rekindle at 3:52am and cleared at 5:31am.
Photos by Kevin Beahn, Christina Brusakos, Nicholas Decker,
 Michael Layman, Arnold Okonski, Lance Wheeler & Gary Wood